2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Vocab/Misc.Voting Behavior Public Opinion & Voter Turnout Presidency & Nominations Electoral College & Finance

Agency that administers campaign finance laws and enforces compliance with their requirements

What is Federal Election Commission?

Casting votes for candidates of one’s own party and for candidates of opposing parties.

What is split ticket voting?

People pay the most attention to things they agree with and interpret them according to their own predispositions

What is selective perception?

A term used to describe being caught between two or more conflicting demographic patterns (provide an example)

What is Cross Pressure ?

Congress cannot pass a law that singles out a person for punishment without trial.

What is a bill of attainder?

The strongest predictor of voting behavior

What is psychological attachment to a party?

Tell us which way each of the following regions tends to vote AND why? 1.Solid South 2.Great Plains/Mid West 3.Rocky Mountains 4.New England 5.Great Lakes 6.Far West

1.Solid South=Republican/Civil Rights 2.Great Plains/Mid West=Republican/Rural & Blue collar 3.Rocky Mountains=Republican/Small Cities & Blue collar 4.New England=Democrat/Coast, large cities, academia 5.Great Lakes=Democrat/large cities, minorities, unions 6.Far West=Democrat/large cities, minorities, culture/diversity

Temporary change in Political alignment AND provide an example

What is a deviating election?

Identify the last 2 critical elections (years) and why they are considered critical?

What are 1932 (Depression) AND 1968 (Civil Rights/Vietnam)

When it comes to voting on candidates based on issues, there are two ways in which the constituents vote. Identify each and briefly explain each.

Retrospective voting Prospective OR Policy voting

Define political culture AND provide 3 examples

What are widely-shared beliefs, values, about our govt. -liberty -equality -justice -democracy -civic duty -individualism/collectivism -political efficacy

Identify 2 factors that influence/affect the accuracy of public opinion polls

1.Random Sampling (random digit dialing) 2.Sampling size 3.Wording

Who is the main 3 rd party candidate in 1992? What % of the popular vote does he win? How many electoral votes does he win?

Who is Ross Perot, 19%, 0?

DAILY DOUBLE Provide 3 historical barriers to voting that were eliminated by Constitutional Amendments

What are: 1.Race: eliminated by 15 th amendment 2.Gender: eliminated by 19 th amendment 3.Income: eliminated by 24 th amendment 4.Minimum Age 21: eliminated by 26 th Amendment

DAILY DOUBLE Identify 6 political agents. Which one has the greatest influence on how someone learns about politics?

What are: 1.family, 2.schools, 3.religion, 4.race, 5.income, 6.mass media, 7.gender, 8.region, 9.peers?

The greatest factor affecting outcomes of congressional elections

What is incumbency?

What are 3 types of primaries (congressional elections) AND briefly explain each

Closed Open Blanket Top-Two

What piece of legislation/law opens up the process of selecting delegates? (Creation of primaries comes from this law/legislation)

What is the McGovern- Fraser Commission

Identify three political things that take place at a political party’s National Convention

1. Create Party Platform 2. VP Selection 3. Rubber stamp party’s presidential nominee 4. Unite the party

Identify three cons of presidential nominating system (please make sure you discuss how each is a negative)

1.Low participation 2.All about media as opposed to policies 3.Too lengthy 4.Not representative of nation 5.Selectorate vs. Electorate

Initially set contribution limitations

What is the Federal Election Campaign Act?

Bans unlimited soft money donations to national political parties

What is McCain- Feingold or Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act?

Identify 3 reasons why we get the Electoral College.

What are: 1.poor communication 2. “best” people elect 3. compromise (direct election vs. Congress)?

Three reasons the Electoral College is not going away anytime soon.

1.Tradition/reluctance to tamper with the Const. 2.Difficulties in amending Const. 3.Opposition from small states 4.Maintains the two party system

Confirmed campaign contribution limits and allowed candidates to spend as much of their own money as they want on their own campaign

What is Buckley v. Valeo?