How many justices are there on the Supreme Court? How many must vote to hear a case?
What is 9 justices and 4 justices must vote yes
100
Polls taken for the purpose of providing information on an opponent that would lead respondents to vote against that candidate are what type of polls?
What are push polls
100
What are two examples of an interest group?
What is NRA, American Cancer Society, AARP, etc.
100
In order to win the presidential nomination in the Electoral College the nominee needs how many votes?
What is 270 votes
100
Information that is provided to a journalist that can be released and attributed by name to the source is refereed to as?
What is on the record
200
What Article of the Constitution established the judiciary system?
What is Article III
200
This Supreme Court case provided protection for journalists against libel accusations?
What is a. New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
200
The United States has a _______ party system. Why?
What is a two-party system
200
There are two types of primary elections they are?
What is a closed primary and an open primary
200
What is an example of a news media source that would be referred to as new media?
What is the internet, social media, smart phones, etc
300
This Act was first passed in 1939 and limited federal employees political involvement
What is the Hatch Act
300
______ refers to what the public thinks about a particular issues or set of issues at any point in time and _______ are interviews/surveys that are used to estimate the feelings/beliefs of the entire population.
What is public opinion and public opinion polls
300
What is the difference between an interest group and a political party?
What is an interest group is a collection of people
or organizations that tries to influence public policy whereas a political party covers a broader range of issues
and appeal to a wider range of individuals
300
The below election turnout would occur during what type of election?
Candidate A gets 40%
Candidate B gets 35%
Candidate C gets 15%
Candidate D gets 10%
What is a run-off election
300
There are three reasons why incumbents can lose an election what are two of these reasons?
What are redistricting, scandals, presidential coattails, mid-term elections
400
The term iron triangle refers to what three parts of government? And how do these three parts interact?
What is Congress, Interest Groups and the Bureaucracy
400
Name three agents of political socialization
What are demographics, family, school, peers, mass media, political leaders
400
Belonging to a party is a reliable indicator of what?
What is voting choices
400
Does the winner of the popular vote necessarily win the election? Why?
What is no
400
In order to be confirmed to the Supreme Court a justice must pass two steps these steps are?
What is 1) the president must nominate and 2) the Senate must confirm
500
There are four general types of agencies within the US Bureaucracy system. Name three of the four types.
What are:
Cabinet departments
Government corporations
Independent executive agencies
Independent regulatory commissions
500
A _______ refers to a relatively restricted session between a press secretary or aid and the press where as a ______ refers to an unrestricted session between an elected official and the press.
What is a press briefing and a press conference
500
What are two of the four functions of a party system?
What are
Mobilization of support and resources
Continuity and moderation
Unity in government
Making elections happen
500
This term refers to the tendency of states to chose an early date on the nomination calendar to hold primary elections.
What is frontloading
500
This system refers to the practice of firing public-office holders of a defeated political party to replace them with loyalists of the newly elected party.