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Political Parties and Elections: Key Terms and Court Cases

This article explores key terms, court cases, and concepts related to political parties and elections, including swing states, conservative coalition, spin control, split ticket voting, marginal districts, Baker v. Carr, Wesberry v. Sanders, Shaw v. Reno, Bush v. Gore, Buckley v. Valeo, Democrats, Republicans, conservatives, liberals, party polarization, the Senate, independent voters, House member requirements, gender gap, ideology, socialism, political socialization, libertarianism, Marxism, retrospective voting, realigning elections, plurality, balancing the ticket, and dealignment argument.

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Political Parties and Elections: Key Terms and Court Cases

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  2. Key Terms Court Cases Political Parties Elections Forms of Government Voting $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

  3. - $100 A state that does not consistently vote either democratic or republican in presidential elections C1-$100 What is a swing state?

  4. - $200 An alliance between Republican and Conservative Democrats C1-$200 What is a conservative coalition?

  5. - $300 Placing a certain slant on a story to deflect negative public attention against a candidate or office holder C1-$300 What is spin control?

  6. - $400 Casting votes for candidates of ones own party and for candidates of opposing parties C1-$400 What is split ticket voting?

  7. - $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. C1-$500 What are marginal districts?

  8. - $100 Ordered state legislative districts to be as near as equal as possible in population C2-$100 What is Baker v. Carr?

  9. - $200 Ordered House districts to be as near as equal in population as possible. C2-$200 What is Wesberry V. Sanders?

  10. - $300 Race cannot be the sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries. C2-$300 What is Shaw v. Reno?

  11. - $400 Use of the 14th amendments equal protection clause to stop Florida recount in the election of 2000. C2-$400 What is Bush v. Gore?b

  12. - $500 1st Amendment protects campaign spending; legislatures can limit contributions, but not how much one spends of his own money on campaigns. C2-$500 What is Buckley v. Valeo?

  13. - $100 The association with liberal political ideology whom favor greater government action to promote the welfare of the people as a whole. C3-$100 What is a democrat?

  14. - $200 Political ideology associated with conservatism, resistant to quick change C3-$200 What is a republican?

  15. - $300 Political ideology associated with those that favor slow or moderate change and limited government power. C3-$300 What is conservative?

  16. - $400 Political ideology associated with those that favor more government involvement and action. C3-$400 What is a liberal?

  17. - $500 A vote in which a majority of Democratic legislators oppose a majority of Republic legislators C3-$500 What is party polarization?

  18. - $100 Two representatives are elected from each state to represent each state C4-$100 What is the senate?

  19. - $200 A person who is not registered with a political party and hold no consistent patterns for voting C3-200 What is an independent voter?

  20. - $300 This member must be 25 years of age and a citizen of the U.S for at least 7 years. C3-$300 What is House member requirements?

  21. - $400 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. C3-$400 What is a senator?

  22. - $500 Difference in voting patterns for men and women, particularly in the greater tendency of the latter to vote for democratic presidential candidates. C3-$500 What is a gender gap?

  23. - $100 Integrated set of beliefs that shape our point of view C4-$100 What is an ideology?

  24. - $200 A political theory advocating state ownership of industry, connected with communism which counters individualism. C4-$200 What is socialism?

  25. - $300 The way which you quire political beliefs such as family , school education etc. C4-$300 What is political socialization?

  26. - $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 C4-$400 What is libertarianism?

  27. - $500 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. C4-$500 What is Marxism?

  28. - $100 The process by which people choose either to reelect candidate who they believe have made efforts to pass policies that benefit them. C4-$100 What is retrospective voting?

  29. - $200 An election in which there is a long term change in party alignment. C4-$200 What is realigning?

  30. - $300 Having more votes than anyone else, but less than half. C4-$300 What is plurality?

  31. - $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 C4-$400 What is balancing the ticket?

  32. - $500 Contention that parties are less meaningful to voters, who have abandoned the parties in greater numbers to become independents. C4-$500 What is the dealignement argument?

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