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| Number of people house of representatives |
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| number of years until house of reps re elected split into two political parties. |
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| Minimum to be elected president 51% |
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| number of people in the electoral college |
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| the 10 year census bill of rights |
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1/3 senate is replaced every 2 years
state legislature has to redistictrate in 33 states |
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| the senate is reelected after 6 years |
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| 3 people dc represenatives 3 branches of the government judiciarly , ledistary, executary. |
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| amount of californian representatives |
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| powers of the federal government guaranteed by the constitution. Declare war |
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| powers inferred by the express powers that allow congress to carry out its functions (powers not expressly stated in the constitution but are reasonably suggested, implied by the expressed powers) |
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| articles of confederation |
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| articles of confederation (attempt at the constitution) helped to negotiate peace with england however it created unneccessary taxes and congress had limited power. |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| Meeting that changed the articles of confederation. |
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| wanted a strong central government. wanted ratification of the constitution. favored nationalistic govenrment. |
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| opposed ratification of the constitution. opposed strong central government. |
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| term that describes the deliberate rearrangement of the boundaries of congressional districts to influence the outcome of elections. |
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| A sub-committee is a small group of people assigned to focus on a particular task or area, such as finance or personnel |
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| The primary purpose of standing committees shall be to consider and recommend actions and propose policies in the functional areas under their jurisdictions, subject to final approval by the Council. |
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| federal election committee beaurocratic agency out to enforce laws |
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| the power of congress dealing with money |
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| legilative body which is to make laws. |
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| 435 people that are elected from each state depending on state populate that are part of the electoral colelge |
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| the branch of government that makes laws |
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| a way their views filter into one candidate for each party. |
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| Redistricting is the process of drawing new electoral district boundaries in order to equalize district populations. |
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| leader of the house of represenatatives that appoint which bills go to which commitee |
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| 538 people in electoral college and determine who becomes president |
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| parties such as communist independent, etc.. more extreme views |
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| allows different parties to vote for another party as long as it will support their views. |
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| can vote only if in the same primary |
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| the people can elect their representatives in the middle of the term of the executive or of another set of members.(example senate) |
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a regular election of candidates for officeGeneral election is one in which most or all of the members of the political party are chosen, elections that are held for the nation’s primary legislative body
Read more: Difference between primary and general election | Difference Between | Difference between primary vs general election |
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| The rights of people to be treated without unreasonable or unconstitutional differenceshas traditionally revolved around the basic right to be free from unequal treatment based on certain protected |
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| where house of representatives are divided based on states population every 10 years |
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| t establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions. |
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| enforces laws. President part of the executive branch. |
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| money donated by interest groups that is unlimited and is used for negative press against a candidate. |
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| a contribution to a political party that is not accounted as going to a particular candidate, thus avoiding various legal limitations. |
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| the use of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislatures and win votes. |
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| Candidates only local areas for votes. |
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| mechanisms thru which each gov branch participates in/influences activities of other branches |
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| form of government where power and authority is divided between essential and various state governments. |
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| establishing the 3 different forms of government |
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| all federal agencies that enforce the laws EPA, FBI |
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| layers of procedures that take a long time to accomplish something. |
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| implied power where congress checks up on thing |
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| bipartisan (two major political parities that form a government) |
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| The process by which a Constitutional amendment, or other document is officially put into place |
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| respects other states laws |
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if 2/3 of both the Senate and House of Representatives agree
if 2/3 of all state legislatures call a convention for proposing new amendments
Amendments are ratified either when 3/4 of all the state legislatures agree to the amendment or when 3/4 of special ratifying conventions in each state agree. Congress shall decide which form of ratification to use. |
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