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38 Cards in this Set
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Two requirements for bill to become a law |
bill must be identical in both chambers, and president signature
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three levels of committees in the house |
exclusive, policy/constituency, minor
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three levels of committees in the senate |
prestige, policy, minor
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four models of congress |
pork barrel, expertise, partisan, elitist
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four trends of women in congress |
agenda setting,policymaking, budgets, bipartisanship
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what are the two perceptions |
love our member of congress, but we hate congress
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tension between the two congresses |
bad mouth congress, fill bills with pork, avoid tough descions
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diuvergers law |
Single member districs + plurality rule= two major districts
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four factors in congressional elections |
fixed
long term medium term short term |
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four factors in presidental elections |
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most important factors in congressional elections |
fixed long term |
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most important factors in presidental elections |
medium term short term |
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pillars of election |
perks of office powers privilages money political parties profile |
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the minimal effects conundrum |
people who pay more attention to politics are less likely to change their mind |
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why campaign |
not so minimal effects campaigns matter |
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two goals of the campaign |
mobilize persuade |
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campaign resources |
money orginization time |
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average cost of house seat average cost of senate seat |
senate is 6 times more |
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how campaigns spend money |
research,overhead, communications |
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who donated the money |
believers, pacs,superpacs |
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why donate the money |
access agreement silience supports your enemys enemy |
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incumbant vs challenger spending |
incumbent- sign of trouble challenger-sign of hope |
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quality challengers |
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five campaign ad stratigies |
inoculate preempt raise doubt fire them credibility |
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the average voter |
older partisan white female |
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how voters decide |
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narratives |
stories made up in their head |
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gut rationality |
use shortcuts to decide |
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byproduct info |
daily life info |
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personal info |
personal information about the canidate |
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horse race coverage |
people want to vote for the winner |
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two types of economic voting |
pocketbook sociotropic |
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three trends |
president wins= congresswins |
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three explanations |
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troubleshooter in chief |
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four funtions of the presidency |
symbol advocate mediator crisis manager |
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six presidental qualities |
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the presidental difference |
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