A person who advocates a return to a social order or government that existed previously.
What is Reactionary?
100
Concept that national and state governments are each supreme within their own spheres of influence.
What is Duel Federalism?
100
Transfer of power to political subunits.
What is Devolution?
100
Key to accurate public opinion polling is obtaining to representative sample of the population being measured.
What is Sampling?
100
Document that spells out the party's strand on public policy issues.
What is Party Platform?
200
A person who favors rapid, fundamental change in the existing social, economic, or political.
What is a Radical?
200
Concept of federalism has evolved as U.S. society has changed.
What is Evolving Ideas of Federalism?
200
Attitudes and beliefs relating to public policy and politics, often measured by polls.
What is Public Opinion?
200
Article IV makes certain guarantees to the states that must be enforced by the federal government?
What is Constitutional Guarantees to States?
200
President leads his party. Opposition party generally without a single strong leader.
What is Political Party Leadership.
300
A person who approaches change cautiously and supports traditional values and lifestyles.
What is a Conservative?
300
Basis for federal legislation regarding civil rights, labor relations, and other areas only indirectly relating to commerce.
What is the Power to Regulate Interstate Commerce?
300
Used to predict election results and measure public opinions on issues, frequently used by politicians to develop campaign strategy and influence their positions.
What is Public Opinion Polling?
300
Complexity: there are many governments to deal with, duplication of offices and functions.
What is Disadvantages of Federalism?
300
Republican and Democratic Parties have virtually the same structure.
What is Structure of U.S. Political Parties?
400
A person whose political views fall between liberal and conservative.
What is a Moderate?
400
Third parties based on a single public policy.
What is Single-Issue Parties?
400
Polls without randing sampling.
What is Straw Polls?
400
Manages party's affairs between conventions.
What is National Committee?
400
Elected by party's national committee; nominated by president.
What is National Chairperson?
500
A person supportive of reform and change.
What is a Liberal?
500
Republican administrations since 1972 have made efforts to reverse cooperative federalism and gives states more authority over federal grants.
What is New Federalism?
500
Random sampling so that group polled reflects the population.
What is Accuracy in Public Opinion Polling?
500
Third parties based on a protest movement against established order.
What is Protest Parties?
500
Concept that national and state governments shared policymaking power and should cooperate.