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The set of underlying orientations, ideas, and beliefs through which people understand and interpret politics. Most people describe this as liberal or conservative.
What is [political ideology]
100
An electoral format that presents the names of all the candidates for any given office on the same ballot. Introduced at the end of 18C, this replaced the partisan ballot and facilitated split-ticket voting.
What is [the Australian Ballot]
100
Voters can participate in the nomination of only those candidates of the party in which they have been enrolled for a period of time before primary day
What is [closed primary]
100
The removal of a public official by popular vote
What is [recall]
100
What is the capital city of Georgia?
What is [Atlanta]
200
The power of the media to influence how events and issues are interpreted
What is [framing]
200
An electorate that is allowed to elect only one representative from each district - the typical method of representation in the U.S.
What is [single-member district]
200
Both A and B are party organizations. A. Raise money, enhance the party's image or brand money B. Nominates presidential candidate, sets party platform
What is [A. National Convention, B. National Committee]
200
A multiple-member district system that allows each political party representation in proportion to its percentage of the vote
What is [proportional representation (PR)]
200
The number of electoral college votes from Georgia
What is [16]
300
A polling error in which the sample is not representative of the population being studied, so that some opinions are over- or underrepresented
What is [selection bias]
300
Law of politics, states that plurality-rule electoral systems will tend to have two political parties.
What is [Duverger's Law]
300
In the late 19C and early 20C, the local party organization that controlled local politics through patronage and nomination process
What is [party machine]
300
The first Republican Governor of Georgia
Who is [George "Sonny" Perdue]
300
Solve for the sum of n and k. **Donald J. Trump is the n-th President of the United States. **The total number of electoral college members is k.
What is [583 (n=45, k=538)]
400
By reporting results in quantitative terms, polls can give the impression that something is important when it actually is not.
What is [the illusion of salience]
400
The single strongest predictor of how a person will vote. This might be based on issues, ideology, past experience, or upbringing
What is [party identification]
400
The key change between the Fifth and the Sixth party system. (Hint: after the Sixth party system, both parties become more ideologically homogeneous and more evenly matched in national elections)
What is [Civil Rights Movements in the 1960s]
400
A type of electoral system in which victory goes to the individual who gets the most votes in an election, but not necessarily a majority of the votes cast
What is [plurality rule]
400
The cornerstone of behavioral economics. Stemming from the works of Kahneman and Tyversky (1979), this finds that the value function is S-shaped (not linear), and people tend to react to losses and gains differently
What is [prospect theory]
500
4 important ways/mechanisms that public opinion influence government policy
What is [1. Electoral accountability 2. Building coalitions 3. Input in rule making and legal decisions 4. Shaping public opinion]
500
When voters engage in issue voting, competition pushes candidates toward the middle of the distribution of voter preferences.
What is [median-voter theorem]
500
The constitutional system of A, B, and C makes it difficult for one party to gain complete control of the government
What is [A. Federalism, B. Separation of Powers, C. Bicameralism]
500
The problem of incomplete information - of choosing alternatives without fully knowing the details of available options
What is [adverse selection]
500
Solve for the sum of a, b, c, and d. a = # of Senators from the State of California/ b = # of electoral college votes from Washington D.C./ c = The "c"-th Amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"/ d = # of "colonies" that declared independence from the British in 1776
What is [33 (a=2, b=3, c=15, d=13)]