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| what affects your political opinion formation? |
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| race, gender, mass media, religion, impact of events, school and peers, your parents and region your born in. |
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| what are important things to consider when creating a reliable opinion poll? |
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| proper wording and question sequencing, accurate samples, low margin error, and method of contact. |
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| continuous survey tracking on a daily basis to see the raise and fall of any candidate and it doesn't happen at once place. |
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done on election day and it very reliable
asks voters for their demographics |
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| Common practice of survey firms when asking presidential approval questions? |
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| asking the presidential approval question at the beginning of the poll in order to not influence the opinion |
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| what did James Madison argue for? |
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he argued for interest groups, so they didn't become over powered.
he wanted better representation for demographic groups |
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| direct techniques of interest groups |
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- meeting with elected officials
- testifying against congress and state legislature
- drafting legislation
-summarization of bills, and supplying nomination suggestions. |
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| indirect techniques of interest groups |
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- using elected officials as lobbies
- using ads/announcements with officials contact information
- banding together in smaller groups |
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| what's the largest interest group in america? |
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| aarp (association of retired people) |
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happens on the day of election,
*texas is a primary state* |
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happens prior to voting, an allegiance to a party must be made
prevents sabotage |
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| voters get to decide on an office to office basis which party they're voting in primaries washington and california |
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if the requirement to be a nominee is not fulfilled by anyone, a second election will be held and the top two candidates (in terms of majority vote) will go against each other.
voter turnout is low |
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| allows citizens to propose legislation and submit it to popular vote which can contain as little as 3 voters. |
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the legislature submits the law but the people have a say whether or not it passes
california takes advantage of this elections system |
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AIm to remove an official from official mid-term with majority (50%+1)
a plurality system is applied when the aim of the election is to replace a position holder with someone else |
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- easier access
- larger voting window w/ early voting
-process doesn't take long but voters tend to not be well informed on issues.
- privacy with your vote but lots of discrimination to demographic groups. |
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- Much more difficult to access
- Not many locations and no early voting
-Voting process takes more than 2 hours
-Voters are informed on latest issues and candidates
- Little to no privacy, so some votes can be influenced. |
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-This is when a party of democrats hold a primary and caucus voting session
-this nomination is based on 2/3 primary plus 1/3 caucus
-stopped happening back in 2012 |
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| Total number of electoral college votes in America |
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| minimum number of electoral votes needed to win a presidential election |
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| how are the electoral college numbers determined? |
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| the number depends on the number of house representative and senates combined, the minimum is 3. |
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| member of an electoral college that vote opposite of whom they pledged to vote for. |
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| in america's senate, reelection rates for incumbents are above what percentage |
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