Study sets matching "ap government vocab by people"
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Collective bargaining
Recall
Faction
Pluralism
The process in which a union represents a group of employees i…
A procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of offi…
A term the founders used to refer to political parties and spe…
A theory of government that holds that open, multiple, and com…
Collective bargaining
The process in which a union represents a group of employees i…
Recall
A procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of offi…
Ethnocentrism
Demography
Reinforcing cleavages
Cross-cutting cleavages
Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.
The study of the characteristics of populations.
Divisions within society that reinforce one another, making gr…
Divisions within society that cut across demographic categorie…
Ethnocentrism
Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.
Demography
The study of the characteristics of populations.
winner-take-all system
single-member district
proportional representation
Electoral College
candidate who gets the most votes wins and takes all votes, lo…
voters choose one representative
each party running receives the proportion of legislative seat…
voters vote for electors pledged to cast their ballots for a p…
winner-take-all system
candidate who gets the most votes wins and takes all votes, lo…
single-member district
voters choose one representative
Devolution revolution
Federalism
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Cooperative federalism
The effort to slow the growth of the federal government by ret…
Constitutional arrangement in which power is distributed betwe…
Views the Constitution as giving a limited list of powers—prim…
Stresses federalism as a system of intergovernmental relations…
Devolution revolution
The effort to slow the growth of the federal government by ret…
Federalism
Constitutional arrangement in which power is distributed betwe…
natural law
separation of powers
checks and balances
autocracy
God's or nature's law that defines right from wrong and is hig…
Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, execu…
A constitutional grant of powers that enables each of the tree…
A type of government in which one person with unlimited power…
natural law
God's or nature's law that defines right from wrong and is hig…
separation of powers
Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, execu…
Natural law
Separation of powers
Checks and balances
Unified Government
God's or nature's law that defines right from wrong and is hig…
Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, execu…
Constitutional grant of powers that enables each of the three…
Governance in which one party controls both the White House an…
Natural law
God's or nature's law that defines right from wrong and is hig…
Separation of powers
Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, execu…
democracy
direct democracy
direct primary
initiative
government by the people, both directly or indirectly, with fr…
government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials…
an election in which voters choose party nominees
a procedure whereby a certain number of voters may, by petitio…
democracy
government by the people, both directly or indirectly, with fr…
direct democracy
government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials…
Mass media
News media
24/7 news cycle
Political socialization
Means of communication that are reaching the public, including…
Media that emphasize the news.
News is now constantly updated and presented via Internet site…
The process by which we develop our political attitudes, value…
Mass media
Means of communication that are reaching the public, including…
News media
Media that emphasize the news.
winner-take-all system
single-member district
proportional representation
Electoral College
candidate who gets the most votes wins and takes all votes, lo…
voters choose one representative
each party running receives the proportion of legislative seat…
voters vote for electors pledged to cast their ballots for a p…
winner-take-all system
candidate who gets the most votes wins and takes all votes, lo…
single-member district
voters choose one representative
Mass media
News media
24/7 news cycle
Political socialization
Means of communication that are reaching the public, including…
Media that emphasize the news.
News is now constantly updated and presented via Internet site…
The process by which we develop our political attitudes, value…
Mass media
Means of communication that are reaching the public, including…
News media
Media that emphasize the news.
Mass media
News media
24/7 news cycle
Political socialization
Means of communication that are reaching the public, including…
Media that emphasize the news.
News is now constantly updated and presented via Internet site…
The process by which we develop our political attitudes, value…
Mass media
Means of communication that are reaching the public, including…
News media
Media that emphasize the news.
political party
nonpartisan election
patronage
honeymoon
An organization that seeks political power by electing people…
an election in which candidates are not selected or endorsed b…
The dispensing of government jobs to persons who belong to the…
the period at the beginning of a new president's term during w…
political party
An organization that seeks political power by electing people…
nonpartisan election
an election in which candidates are not selected or endorsed b…
Political socialization
Attitudes
Selective exposure
Diliberation
The process - most notably in families and schools - by which…
An individual's propensity to perceive, interpret, or act towa…
Individuals choosing to access media with which they agree of…
The idea of people coming together, listening to each other, e…
Political socialization
The process - most notably in families and schools - by which…
Attitudes
An individual's propensity to perceive, interpret, or act towa…
Mass Media
News Media
Issue Advocacy
Political Socialization
Means of communication that are reaching the public, including…
Media that emphasize the news
Promoting a particular position or an issue by interest groups…
The process by which we develop our political attitudes, value…
Mass Media
Means of communication that are reaching the public, including…
News Media
Media that emphasize the news
democracy
direct democracy
direct primary
initiative
government by the people, both directly or indirectly, with fr…
government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials…
an election in which voters choose party nominees
a procedure whereby a certain number of voters may, by petitio…
democracy
government by the people, both directly or indirectly, with fr…
direct democracy
government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials…
Political socialization
Attitudes
Selective exposure
Diliberation
The process - most notably in families and schools - by which…
An individual's propensity to perceive, interpret, or act towa…
Individuals choosing to access media with which they agree of…
The idea of people coming together, listening to each other, e…
Political socialization
The process - most notably in families and schools - by which…
Attitudes
An individual's propensity to perceive, interpret, or act towa…
Ethnocentrism
Demography
Reinforcing cleavages
Cross-cutting cleavages
Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.
The study of the characteristics of populations.
Divisions within society that reinforce one another, making gr…
Divisions within society that cut across demographic categorie…
Ethnocentrism
Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.
Demography
The study of the characteristics of populations.
constituents
reapportionment
redistricting
gerrymandering
The residents of a congressional district or state.
The assigning by Congress of congressional seats after each ce…
The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district…
The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a pa…
constituents
The residents of a congressional district or state.
reapportionment
The assigning by Congress of congressional seats after each ce…
Democracy
Direct democracy
Direct primary
Initiative
Government by the people both directly or indirectly with free…
Government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials…
An election in which voters choose party nominees
A procedure whereby a certain number of voters may by petition…
Democracy
Government by the people both directly or indirectly with free…
Direct democracy
Government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials…
parliamentary government
presidential ticket
signing statements
impoundment
a form of government in which the legislature selects the prim…
the joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential ca…
a formal document that explains why a president is signing a p…
a decision by the president not to spend money appropriated by…
parliamentary government
a form of government in which the legislature selects the prim…
presidential ticket
the joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential ca…
democracy
direct democracy
direct primary
initiative
government by the people, both directly or indirectly, with fr…
government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials…
an election in which voters choose party nominees
a procedure whereby a certain number of voters may, by petitio…
democracy
government by the people, both directly or indirectly, with fr…
direct democracy
government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials…
Party-Independent expenditures
Party identification
party registration
National party convention
Spending by political party committees that is independent of…
An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party…
The act of declaring party affiliation required by some states…
a national meeting of delegates elected in the primaries, cauc…
Party-Independent expenditures
Spending by political party committees that is independent of…
Party identification
An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party…
Parliamentary Government
Electoral College
Presidential Ticket
Vesting Clause
A form of government in which the chief executive is the leade…
The electoral system used in electing the president and vice p…
The joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential ca…
The president's constitutional authority to control most execu…
Parliamentary Government
A form of government in which the chief executive is the leade…
Electoral College
The electoral system used in electing the president and vice p…
winner-take-all system
single-member district
proportional representation
Electoral College
An election system in which the candidate with the most votes…
An electoral district in which voters choose one representativ…
An election system in which each part running receives the pro…
The electoral system used in electing the president and vice p…
winner-take-all system
An election system in which the candidate with the most votes…
single-member district
An electoral district in which voters choose one representativ…