Politcal Compass Figures
The founder of communism.
Karl Marx
redrawing of electoral districts to capture certain kinds of voters
gerrymandering
peaceful but explicit refusal to respect laws or rules
civil disobedience
Year in which the Texas State Convention turned hard right.
1996
3 Voting Models Systems
Prospective, Electoral Competition, and Retrospective voting models.
Believed history driven by the conflict between bourgeoisie and the proletariat, leading to a socialist revolution and the eventual establishment of a classless society where resources are collectively owned and distributed based on need.
Karl Marx
Voting choices that focus on direct economic costs or benefits for the voter’s household.
pocketbook voting
Difference between Ideology and Partisanship
Partisanship is what political party you identify with. Political ideology is a patterned set of beliefs. You can have different beliefs from your party.
19th Amendment ratified.
1920
elections that draw the highest turnout from voters
General elections for state, federal, and county offices
Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who believed in the establishment of a socialist state
Fidel Castro, Marxist-Leninism
Voting choices that focus on costs or benefits for people with whom the voter identifies.
sociotropic voting
4 Democratic Purposes for Interest Groups in Texas (ROES)
Represent their members before the government
Operate as vehicles for political participation
Educate the public
Serve as government watchdogs
Formed the Boston Committee of Correspondence. The object of the committee was to communicate with other British North American colonies in order to share methods of resistance to taxation without representation.
Sam Addams, 1774 Tea Tax
Purpose of the 19th amendment.
Right to vote for women.
Emphasized the importance of mobilizing peasants and rural populations in revolutionary struggles, promoting class struggle, and advocating for the establishment of a classless society through socialism and later communism.
Mao Zedong, Marxist-Leninism
A loosely knit coalition of White businessmen, oilmen, bankers, and lawyers who assert controls of state policymaking.
Elitist view of Texas - The Establishment
4 functions of political parties in Texas: (COPS)
1. Contest Elections and Mobilize Voters
2. Organize and Manage the Government
3. Provide Accountability
4. Set the Policy Agenda
White primarily declared unconstitutional in this year.
1944
In the United States, the candidate who gets the most votes–even if not a majority—wins.
“first-past-the-post”
Mexican revolutionary leader known for his agrarian and anti-authoritarian beliefs.
Emiliano Zapata, Agrarian-Socialism
Majoritarian voting rules in which individual candidates compete to win the most votes for a single seat representing a district.
Single-Member Plurality (SMP)
5 General characteristics of pluralistic society
Groups are the primary actors in the political process.
Politics is basically group interaction; public policy is the resolution of group conflict and differences.
No one group can dominate the political process.
Even inactive people have access through group leaders.
Leaders are committed to and restricted by democratic values.
Year La Raza Unida Party was created.
1970
Running for office is considered the following kind of activity:
Gladiatorial Activity