US Gov Final (part 1)

A technique used to place phone calls randomly to listed/unlisted numbers for a survey or poll

Have a National office, full-time staff, rules; people who keep the party running

Electors gather their respective state capitals cast ballots for president and VP in ___

They upheld the FEC and eliminated unlimited contributions to political parties

Who was opinion polling first conducted by?

The supreme power within each party that meets every four years to nomaite election candidates

T/F? The US is moving towards a more diverse country?

People in telephone books and that have motor vehicle records in 1936 were most likely ___

Who selects the Vice President?

When evera state gets at least three electoral votes regardless of population

The future of polling lies with ____

T/F? a large percent of the population has no phone/ people are most willing to talk in person

Voting for one party for one office and the other party for another office

Which president did not lose the popular vote and won?

What two states do not use a winner-take-all delegates statewide election system

Keeps the party operating between conventions with its representatives

What are the two basic ways to contributte money to candidates campaigns?

Require candidates to disclose who As contributed money to their campaign an how funds arespent

What was the compromise which combined both of these election ideas?

individuals who are long time party members selected to cast each state‘s electoral votes

T/F?: third parties almost always win

What looks to be the most diverse areas?

Which are the following are criticims of the electoral college?

___ used to be essential and now the divorce rate has doubled and birthrates are falling.

The national party organizations are the national: ____ ____ ____

Seeks to explain political processes and outcomes as consequences of purposive behavior

Donated to display political views which may aid a campaign but cannot coordinate with the camp

T/F? Altering the wording of a question will not affect the results of a poll

Sift through all issues, identify pressing concerns, and put them on gov. Agenda

Which tasks do the linkage institutions not perform?

Who eventually allowed corporations to spend as much as they like to promote their views

Social division based on national origin, religion, language

Congress comes to session and announce the official outcome of the ballot in ___

Framers of the constituion could not decide on ____ selection or ___ ____ election

A key to accurate opinion polls is ______ ______

Voters want to __ chances for their favored policies; parties want to __ office

The House has only picked the president once- this was when they picked ___

Belief gov can/should achieve justice and equality of opportunity

T/F? The candidate who is elected with the most vote is elected president

T/F? Religion has a large influence on politics

T/F? Gays and Lesbians comprise 50% of the population

____ _____ is more important than number of responses in a public opinion poll

If no candidate has the majority, then the _____ __ _____ picks the president

The Literay Digest underestimated the vote for _____ predicting a win from Landon

Polls rely on a ___ of a population

Consists of elected officials who call themselves members of a party; spokespeople

The self proclaimed preference for one party or another

Humans with distinctive characteristics determined by genetic inheritance

Polls often distort the election process creating a ____: voters favor canidates bc others do

Which race has the highest net worth as of 2000?

(In order) how are we politically socialized?

T/F? It was a good move to poll from telephone and motor vehicle records in 1936

Belief that limited giv ensures order, competitive markets, personal opportunity

The most widely criticized poll on election day

What are the three categories of a party? Party as a ....

The level of confidence in a poll is known as the ____ _____

Money raised directly by political parties for an party building need

Money that goes directly to the bank account of the canidate which can be used as they see fit

T/F? The two-party system is firmly entrenched in American politics

Like an electoral earthquake; more than one election transforms the party system (realignment)

Political socialization: process by which we develop our-

How many electoral votes do you need to win?

Political contributions given to a party/group that is limited and fully disclosed

North Carolina has 13 US representative- how many electoral votes?

People are gradually moving away from both parties which is called ___

What case called FECA unconstitutional bc of the amount spent by individuals on their campaign

A team seeking to control the governing apparatus by gaining control of office (win Election)

A ___ job is awarded for political reasons rather than for merit or competence

Largest component of an American political party

Poll’s also tend to play into the ___ interest in who’s ahead during the race

What are the three types of third parties?

Hires the staff, raises the money, pays the bills, and attends daily duties for their party

Electoral contenders other than the two major parties

What are the four main linkage institutions?

T/F? Age does not affect your political beliefs

This acts goal was to ban soft money contributions (McCain/Feingold)

T/F? Many people lie about who they voted for on an exit poll