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1. The distribution of individual preferences or evaluations of a given issue - candidate - or institution within a specific population.
Political socialization
Dual citizenship
Indictment
Public opinion
2. Democratic and civic habits of discussion - compromise - and respect for differences - which grow out of participation in voluntary organizations.
Separation of powers
Social capital
Political socialization
Hard money
3. A form of organization that operates through impersonal - uniform rules and procedures.
Bureaucracy
Filibuster
Precedent
Checks and balances
4. National Health Insurance program for the elderly and disabled.
Issue advocacy
Candidate appeal
Medicare
Conservatism
5. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that prohibits any amendments to bills or provides that only members of the committee reporting the bill may offer amendments.
Closed rule
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Impoundment
Closed primary
6. Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government - generally.
Antifederalists
Bill of attainder
Laissez-faire economics
Obscenity
7. Officer of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the vice president.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Mass media
President pro tempore
Pluralism
8. A theory of international relations that focuses on the tendency of nations to operate from self-interest.
Inflation
Realism
Pocket veto
Movement
9. The rule of precedent - whereby a rule or law contained in a judicial decision is commonly viewed as binding on judges whenever the same question is presented.
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Bundling
Midterm election
Stare decisis
10. Efforts by government to alter the free operation of the market to achieve social goals such as protecting workers and the environment.
Regulation
Reinforcing cleavages
amicus curiae brief
Means-tested entitlements
11. A large body of people interested in a common issue - idea - or concern that is of continuing significance and who are willing to take action. Movements seek to change attitudes or institutions - not just policies.
Prior restraint
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Movement
Establishment clause
12. Economic theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and be curbed during booms.
Public choice
Independent expenditure
Cooperative federalism
Keynesian economics
13. A court order forbidding specific individuals or groups from performing certain acts (such as striking) that the court considers harmful to the rights and property of an employer or community.
Labor injunction
Commerce clause
Constitutional Convention
Political predisposition
14. Money raised in unlimited amounts by political parties for party-building purposes. Now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state or local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.
State of the Union Address
Soft money
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Cloture
15. A meeting of party delegates to vote on matters of policy and in some cases to select party candidates for public office.
Caucus
Party convention
Proportional representation
Reform party
16. Government policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling taxing and spending.
Quid pro quo
Fiscal policy
Chief of staff
Inflation
17. A convention held in September 1786 to consider problems of trade and navigation - attended by five states and important because it issued the call to Congress and the states for what became the Constitutional Convention.
Extradition
Majority-minority district
Annapolis Convention
Entitlement programs
18. The power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or a government regulation that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the U.S. Constitution or - in a state court - the state constitution.
Libel
De facto segregation
Crossover voting
Judicial review
19. A tax whereby people with lower incomes pay a higher fraction of their income than people with higher incomes.
Regressive tax
Issue advocacy
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Seniority rule
20. The Federal government's primary intelligence officer - responsible for overseeing all national intelligence agencies and providing advice to the President on terrorist threats.
National Intelligence Director
Party convention
Attentive public
Federal Register
21. An official who is expected to vote independently based on his or her judgment of the circumstances; one interpretation of the role of the legislator.
Faction
Midterm election
Fiscal federalism
Trustee
22. An election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.
Quid pro quo
Proportional representation
Naturalization
Conference committee
23. A committee composed of members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate; such committees oversee the Library of Congress and conduct investigations.
Joint committee
Coattail effect
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Cross-cutting cleavages
24. Conservative Christians who (as a group) have become more active in politics in the last two decades and were especially influential in the 2000 presidential election.
Fundamentalists
Double jeopardy
Independent expenditure
Monopoly
25. Presidential staff agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.
Political predisposition
Labor injunction
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Docket
26. The idea that a just government must derive its powers from the consent of the people it governs.
Executive privilege
Affirmative action
Administrative discretion
Popular consent
27. Relationships among interest groups - congressional committees and subcommittees - and the government agencies that share a common policy concern.
Affirmative action
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Issue network
Keynesian economics
28. A grouping of human beings with distinctive characteristics determined by genetic inheritance.
Political party
Pocket veto
National party convention
Race
29. Advisory council for the president consisting of the heads of the executive departments - the vice president - and a few other officials selected by the president.
Judicial activism
White primary
Cabinet
Regulation
30. Theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes - stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and the curve during booms.
Keynesian economics
Movement
Antifederalists
Linkage institutions
31. An action taken by Congress to reverse the presidential veto - requiring a two-thirds majority in each chamber.
Reform party
Central clearance
Override
Executive privilege
32. The process by which provisions of the bill of rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local governments.
Medical savings account
Monetarism
Selective incorporation
Issue advocacy
33. The boost that candidates may get in an election because of the popularity of candidates above them on the ballot - especially the president.
Crossover sanctions
Coattail effect
Medical savings account
Rally point
34. A formal agreement between a U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that acquires approval by both houses of Congress.
Reinforcing cleavages
Congressional-executive agreement
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Contract clause
35. A policy that emphasizes a united front and cooperation between the major political parties - especially on sensitive foreign policy issues.
Bipartisanship
Crossover voting
Impeachment
Weapons of mass destruction
36. A congressional district created to include a majority of minority voters; ruled constitutional so long as race is not the main factor in redistricting.
Majority-minority district
Lobbyist
Categorical-formula grants
Constituents
37. Promoting a particular position or an issue by interest groups or individuals but not candidates. Much issue advocacy is often electioneering for or against a candidate and - until 2004 had not been subject to regulation.
President pro tempore
Issue advocacy
Capitalism
Writ of certiorari
38. A theory that government should control the money supply to encourage economic growth and restrain inflation.
Monetarism
Civil law
Coattail effect
Constitutionalism
39. The power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or government regulation that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the U.S. Constitution or - in a state court - the state constitution.
Proportional representation
Judicial review
Property rights
Marble cake federalism
40. The belief that nations must engage in international problem solving.
Internationalism
Reform party
Judicial restraint
Democratic consensus
41. The constitutional requirement (in Article II - Section 3) that presidents take care that the laws are faithfully executed - even if they disagree with the purpose of those laws.
Racial profiling
Stare decisis
Take care clause
Constitutional democracy
42. Constitutional requirement that governments act reasonably and that the substance of the laws themselves be fair and reasonable; limits what the government may do.
Nonprotected speech
Regressive tax
Substantive due process
'Our federalism'
43. A government entity that is independent of the legislative - executive - and judicial branches.
Safe seat
Suffrage
Independent agency
Weapons of mass destruction
44. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
Caucus
Environmental impact statement
Issue advocacy
45. The inclination to focus on national issues - rather than local issues - in an election campaign. The impact of the national tide can be reduced by the nature of the candidates on the ballot who might have differentiated themselves from their party o
Speaker
Affirmative action
Cycle of increasing effectiveness
National tide
46. Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
Horse race
Tax expenditure
Laissez-faire economics
Theocracy
47. Constitutional division of powers among the legislative - executive - and judicial branches - with the legislative branch making law - the executive applying and enforcing the law - and the judiciary interpreting the law.
Impoundment
Separation of powers
Implementation
Selective exposure
48. A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches.
Stare decisis
Reapportionment
Lobbyist
Entitlement programs
49. Synonymous with 'collective action -' it specifically studies how government officials - politicians - and voters respond to positive and negative incentives.
Protectionism
White primary
Public choice
Unfunded mandates
50. Constitutional arrangement that concentrates power in a central government.
Executive privilege
Executive Office of the President
Unitary system
Precedent