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- $100- $100 A state that does not consistently vote either democratic or republican in presidential elections

What is a swing state?

- $200

An alliance between Republican and Conservative Democrats

What is a conservative coalition?

- $300

Placing a certain slant on a story to deflect negative public attention against a candidate or office holder

What is spin control?

- $400

Casting votes for candidates of ones own party and for candidates of opposing parties

What is split ticket voting?

- $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.

What are marginal districts?

- $100

Ordered state legislative districts to be as near as equal as possible in population

What is Baker v. Carr?

- $200

Ordered House districts to be as near as equal in population as possible.

What is Wesberry V. Sanders?

- $300

Race cannot be the sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries.

What is Shaw v. Reno?

- $400

Use of the 14th amendments equal protection clause to stop Florida recount in the election of 2000.

What is Bush v. Gore?b

- $500

1st Amendment protects campaign spending; legislatures can limit contributions, but not how much one spends of his own money on campaigns.

What is Buckley v. Valeo?

- $100

The association with liberal political ideology whom favor greater government action to promote the welfare of the people as a whole.

What is a democrat?

- $200

Political ideology associated with conservatism, resistant to quick change

What is a republican?

- $300

Political ideology associated with those that favor slow or moderate change and limited government power.

What is conservative?

- $400

Political ideology associated with those that favor more government involvement and action.

What is a liberal?

- $500

A vote in which a majority of Democratic legislators oppose a majority of Republic legislators

What is party polarization?

- $100

What is the senate?

Two representatives are elected from each state to represent each state

- $200

A person who is not registered with a political party and hold no consistent patterns for voting

What is an independent voter?

- $300

What is House member requirements?

This member must be 25 years of age and a citizen of the U.S for at least 7 years.

- $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.

What is a senator?

- $500

Difference in voting patterns for men and women, particularly in the greater tendency of the latter to vote for democratic presidential candidates.

What is a gender gap?

- $100

Integrated set of beliefs that shape our point of view

What is an ideology?

- $200

A political theory advocating state ownership of industry, connected with communism which counters individualism.

What is socialism?

- $300

The way which you quire political beliefs such as family , school education etc.

What is political socialization?

- $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

What is libertarianism?

- $500

What is Marxism?

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.

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The process by which people choose either to reelect candidate who they believe have made efforts to pass policies that benefit them.

What is retrospective voting?

- $200

An election in which there is a long term change in party alignment.

What is realigning?

- $300Having more votes than anyone else, but less than half.

What is plurality?

- $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

What is balancing the ticket?

- $500

Contention that parties are less meaningful to voters, who have abandoned the parties in greater numbers to become independents.

What is the dealignement argument?