1. UNIT II NEED TO KNOW November 18, 2015 Objective: To clarify any questions regarding Unit II (AND Unit I) so students can be better prepared for the Unit II multiple choice and free response exams

2. UNIT II: Political Beliefs & Behaviors 1.Ideology and Public Policy 1.Liberalism 2.Conservatism 1.Social Policy Neo-Cons 2.Foreign 3.Libertarian 4.Socialism 2.Political Culture 1.Definition 2.Characteristics 3.Political Socialization 1.Political Agents (7-9) 2.Strongest Factor 3.Cross-Pressure 4.Public Opinion 1.3 types of Publics 2.Measurement of public opinion 1.Elections 2.Straw Polls 3.Scientific Polls (Construction) 3.Public Awareness/Interest

3. UNIT II: Political Beliefs & Behaviors 1.Voting Behavior 1.Geography 2.Political Party ID 1.Psychological Attachment 3.Demographic Factors 4.Issues 5.Candidate Appeal 2.Voter Turnout 1.Historical Qualifications 2.Current Qualifications 3.Turnout Rates in different elections 4.Institutional Barriers 5.Political Barriers 6.Other forms of Participation 7.Does Low Voter Turnout Matter?

4. UNIT II: Political Beliefs & Behaviors 3.Electoral College 1.Rationale 2.Allotment of Electoral Votes 3.Selection of Electors 4.Winning the Electoral Vote 5.Winning the Election 6.Criticisms 7.Alternatives 4.Congressional Elections 1.Congress-Terms 2.Types of Primaries 3.Factors that affect the outcomes of Congressional Elections 4.Advantages of incumbents 5.Types of Elections

5. UNIT II: Political Beliefs & Behaviors 5.Path to the President 1.Nomination 2.Caucuses 3.Primaries 1.Superdelegates 2.McGovern-Fraser 4.National Convention 5.Analysis of the Presidential Nomination Process 6.Campaign Finance 1.FECA, 1974 2.Buckley v. Valeo, 1976 3.McCain/Feingold, 2002 (BiCRA) 4.Soft Money vs. Hard Money 5.What are the limits in regard to spending 6.PAC 7.527 8.FEC 9.Citizens United v. FEC 1.SuperPACs

6. UNIT I: Constitutional Underpinnings 1.Democracy/Principles of the Constitution 2.3 branches of government: checks/balances 3.Federalist 51 1.Thesis 2.What is essential in order for liberty to exist 4.Articles of Confederation 5.The Great Compromise 6.Federalist vs. Antifederalists 7.Principles of the Constitution: limited govt., pop. Sov, checks/balances, sep. of powers 8.Federalism 1.Reasons for 2.Cooperative Federalism 3.New Federalism

7. UNIT I: Constitutional Underpinnings 8.Federalism cont. 4.Fiscal Federalism 5.Arguments for states rights (decentralized) 6.Arguments for strong national govt. (centralized) 7.McCulloch v. Maryland (supremacy, elastic clause) 8.Elastic clause 9.Commerce clause 9.Federal Mandates 1.Examples 2.Burdens on states 10.Articles of Constitution 1.Article I Section 8, Section 9, SECTION 10

8. UNIT I: Constitutional Underpinnings 11.US v. Lopez 12.Marbury v. Madison 13.Gibbons v. Ogden 14.Grants 1.Categorical (Project, Formula) 2.Block 3.Examples of each 15.Article IV 1.3 guarantees that each state offers 2.Guarantees from the Fed. Govt  State Govts.