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Frymer Ch. 2
Frymer Ch. 3
Frymer Ch. 4, 5 & 7
Bishin Ch. 1, 2
Bishin Ch. 4, 5, 8
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Which person is most associated with the development of the Democratic Party into a broad national party?
Who is Martin Van Buren
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Which party did the African American voters join after the Civil War?
What is Republican
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When developing legislative and electoral strategies, Democratic Party leaders have placed a premium on the view of
What is white median voter
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The theory of subconstituency politics is grounded in what social psychological theory?
What is social identity theory
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Which of the following best describes the process by which candidates choose a particular "side" of an issue to advocate, to align themselves with, in an effort to "woo" sub constituencies"? ch4
a. educating the voters b. flip-flopping c. ideological predispositions d. issue positioning e. cross- positioning
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Frymer argues the the median voter is is most likely described as .......
Sometimes perceived by party leaders as racist
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According to Frymer which issue destroyed two-party competition after the Civil War?
What is Race
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The vast majority of campaign resources are spend on which of the following types of voters
Persuadable voters Partisan Voters Uneducated Voters
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the theory of sub constituency politics focuses on explaining (options)
a. legislators apathy b. voters ignorance c. legislators responsiveness d. voters apathy e. legislators ability to get reelected
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subconstitunecy politics hold that legislators from one-group district should . (options) ch 5
a. vote according to the majority position b. vote with that group c. vote according to which position is deemed most highly visible by the media d. vote with the domination group e. vote in line with their opponent
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Which of the following best describes the way that James Madison and other founding fathers viewed majority "factions"?
A threat to liberty and the common good
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After the Civil War, the Republican Party was divided between which groups of voters?
What is black and white
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one of the most important ways in which parties shape peoples political identities come through which of the following
-campaign contribution -campaign mobilization -campaign advertising
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Subconstituency politics describes which of the following
how and why politicians appeal to groups
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Sub-constituency politics hold that legislates from multiple-group districts should ch.5option
a. voter according to the majority position b. vote with the most conservative group c. voter according to which position is deemed most highly visible by the media d. vote closet to their own party or ideology
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When a group is faced with similarly vague appeals from competing political parties, the group is most likely to depend on ................... to decide which party to support
What is its traditional party allegiances
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Which of the following events divided the Republican Party after the Civil War?
What is resurgence of southern white violence against blacks
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Which group does Frymer believe can also be captured? ch7 (options)
a. Gays and lesbians b. The Christian Right c. hispanics d. Women d. Frymer believes only blacks can be described as captured
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a group forms when an issues that activates an identity in a large number of people becomes salient. this is known as...
What is social priming
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overall, subconstituency politics explains all except for which of the following? ch 8 options
a. how politicians mobilize an uniformed public b. why candidates do not converge to the center of the distribution of voters c. how diversity and responsiveness relate d. how issue visibility dictates candidate issue positions
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Which of the following did Andrew Jackson NOT emphasize in his campaign for the presidency? ch 2
a. states rights b. Indian removal c. opposition to rechartering the Bank of the United States d. black enfranchisement e. economic issues
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racial gerrymandering was used by the Southern Democrats to do which of the following in the period between the Civil War and 1960?
What is Reduce black representation
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When did the issue of abortion enter the national politics scene according to Frymer? ch 7
In the early 1970s
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Which of the following may activate a particular social identity? ch 2 options
a. the demand input model b. sleep c. exogenous event d. diversity categorization e. depersonalization
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By comparing multiple cases (e.g.. Cuban trade, hate crimes, etc) the author compares across cases of varying visibility. In so doing, what does researcher maximize? ch 8 options
a. selection bias b. issue diversity c. uniform findings d. consistency e. generalizability