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- $100- $100 A state that does not consistently vote either democratic or republican in presidential elections
What is a swing state?
- $300
Placing a certain slant on a story to deflect negative public attention against a candidate or office holder
What is spin control?
- $400
Casting votes for candidates of ones own party and for candidates of opposing parties
What is split ticket voting?
- $500
Political districts in which candidates elected to the House of Representatives win in close elections, typically by less than 55 percent of the vote.
What are marginal districts?
- $100
Ordered state legislative districts to be as near as equal as possible in population
What is Baker v. Carr?
- $200
Ordered House districts to be as near as equal in population as possible.
What is Wesberry V. Sanders?
- $300
Race cannot be the sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
- $400
Use of the 14th amendments equal protection clause to stop Florida recount in the election of 2000.
What is Bush v. Gore?b
- $500
1st Amendment protects campaign spending; legislatures can limit contributions, but not how much one spends of his own money on campaigns.
What is Buckley v. Valeo?
- $100
The association with liberal political ideology whom favor greater government action to promote the welfare of the people as a whole.
What is a democrat?
- $200
Political ideology associated with conservatism, resistant to quick change
What is a republican?
- $300
Political ideology associated with those that favor slow or moderate change and limited government power.
What is conservative?
- $400
Political ideology associated with those that favor more government involvement and action.
What is a liberal?
- $500
A vote in which a majority of Democratic legislators oppose a majority of Republic legislators
What is party polarization?
- $200
A person who is not registered with a political party and hold no consistent patterns for voting
What is an independent voter?
- $300
What is House member requirements?
This member must be 25 years of age and a citizen of the U.S for at least 7 years.
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This member must be a U.S citizen for at least 9 years and must be at least 30 years of age and holds 6 year terms.
What is a senator?
- $500
Difference in voting patterns for men and women, particularly in the greater tendency of the latter to vote for democratic presidential candidates.
What is a gender gap?
- $200
A political theory advocating state ownership of industry, connected with communism which counters individualism.
What is socialism?
- $300
The way which you quire political beliefs such as family , school education etc.
What is political socialization?
- $400
A political ideology which gives preeminence to individual rights, particularly in the economic sphere, and advocates for the strict limits on the state size, powers, and responsibilities
What is libertarianism?
- $500
What is Marxism?
The political ad economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, later by their followers to form the basis for the theory and practices communism.
- $100
The process by which people choose either to reelect candidate who they believe have made efforts to pass policies that benefit them.
What is retrospective voting?
- $400
Occurs when a presidential nominee chooses a vice presidential running mate who has different qualities. in order to attract more votes for the ticket
What is balancing the ticket?