Congressional elections
The tendency of someone already in office to win re-election
What is incumbency advantage?
This group seeks to influence public policy without running candidates for office.
What is an interest group?
The Clintons, Obama, Chuck Schumer, and Kathy Hochul are all politicians who belong to the former. Trump, Ron Desantis, and Nicole Malliotakis belong to the latter party.
What is Democrat and Republican Party?
This can provide states with a smaller population greater representation, thus discouraging candidates from campaigning only for large, populous states. However, this can also lead to a president losing the popular vote yet winning the electoral votes.
What are arguments for or against the electoral college?
The Amendment that gave women the right to vote in the U.S
What is the 19th amendment?
An election that decides which candidate will win office
General election
A type of media bias that favors sensational or scandalous stories to attract viewers or readers
What is yellow journalism?
This person would most likely support renewable energy, conservation, and other environmental policies.
What is a member of Green Party?
If no candidate receives the majority of electoral votes, the president is decided by them.
What is the House of Representatives?
What the 24th amendment abolished
What are poll taxes in federal elections?
the election a party holds to determine which candidate they’re sending to a general election
What is primary election?
This Supreme Court case rules that independent political spending by corporations and unions is protected under the first amendment
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
A person in this party favors universal pre-k, increased educational spending, and particularly more student loans.
What is the Democrat Party?
What is 538 votes?
an amendment, ratified in 1870, which prohibited states from denying the right to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
What is the 15th amendment?
one of these kinds of elections is restricted to members of a party, while the other is open to any registered voter
What are closed vs open primaries?
This term describes the relationship when interest groups, congressional committees, and bureaucratic agencies form strong ties to influence policies
What is an iron triangle?
A person in this party is likely to oppose the legalization of medical marijuana.
What is Republican Party?
The constitutional article which outlines the process for electing the president, including the role of electors meeting in their respective states.
What is article 2?
An amendment, ratified in 1964, which prohibits poll taxes in federal elections
What is the 24th amendment?
A meeting in a voting precinct in which party members choose candidates after hours of long speeches and debates.
What is a caucus?
This is a strategy used by interest groups that involves contacting and persuading lawmakers directly to support their cause
what is lobbying?
A person in this party is capable of believing in any of the following: the legalization of cannabis, no limits on abortion, limited government involvement in education, increased states rights, gay marriage, fewer welfare programs, lower taxes, less government involvement in market, etc.
What is Libertarian party?
An amendment, ratified in 1961, which grants Washington DC votes (both citizens and electorate)
What is the 23rd amendment?
An amendment, ratified in 1971, which lowers the voting age from 21 to 18
What is the 26th amendment?