American Political Culture
By 2050 America will be "majority-minority". What does this mean?
A majority of the US population will be non-white.
Ideology that supports free enterprise and favors fewer regulations on the marketplace.
Conservative
Within +/-2%, what is Donald Trump's current approval rating according to the 538.com average.
41.2%
How did the 19th Amendment expand political participation?
Women got the right to vote
This uprising of Revolutionary War veterans brought attention to several weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
Shays' Rebellion
Word that means the characteristics of people or groups of people within a population.
Demographics
Ideology that tends to support less government intrusion in areas of personal privacy like who one marries or whether a woman chooses an abortion.
Liberal
What tends to happen to a President's approval rating during their term?
It goes down.
A plurality of Americans today identify as which...
Democrat/Republican/Independent
Independent
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial. (see Mapp v. Ohio)
Exclusionary Rule
This concept describes the process by which personal and other background traits influence one’s views about politics and government
Political Socialization
This ideology disfavors any governmental intervention beyond the protection of private property and individual liberty. In other words, gays should be able to marry and protect their weed with their guns.
Libertarian
Poll in which the true objective is to sway voters using loaded or manipulative questions.
Push Poll
What are the three sides of an iron triangle?
Interest Groups, Congress, and Bureaucracy
What is affirmative action?
Attempts to assist racial minority groups in college admissions and employment opportunities.
Opportunity- laws are created/barriers removed to give people equal CHANCE to succeed in life.
Results - government ensures everyone has approximately the same material wealth or receive the same amount of something.
Liberals support marketplace regulation and increased government spending to fix an economic downturn. What is this theory more broadly known as?
Keynesian
The idea that polls and voting consistently show women vote more liberal/Democrat that men is known by this term.
The gender gap
How have candidate-centered campaigns changed political thinking in the modern era?
The idea that the individual candidate matters more than party loyalty for many voters has decreased the role of the party in modern elections.
List 3 parts of the US Constitution that are seen as greatly increasing the power of the national government.
Commerce Clause, Supremacy Clause, 14th Amendment, N&P (Elastic) Clause.
What is the "Rule of Law"?
The idea that the government/laws apply everyone equally regardless of status or race.
Reduce taxes and regulations on businesses/corporations to promote economic growth.
Which combination of gender and race poll at the highest level of support for Democratic candidates?
Black Females
What makes a Super PAC different different from a PAC?
Super PACs do NOT give to parties or candidates but can spend UNLIMITED amounts to promote a candidate, party, or issue as long as there is no coordination between the Super PAC and the campaign. PACs give to candidates and parties but $ amounts are limited by law.
What is the common Constitutional provision in Gibbons v. Ogden, US v. Lopez, Wickard v. Filburn, and Gonzales v. Raich?
The Interstate Commerce Clause