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| What are the elements of a political party? |
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1. Party in Government
2. Party in Electorate
3. Party in Organization |
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| What are some examples of Party in Government? |
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1. The President
2. Sonny Purdue
3. Roy Barnes |
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| What are some examples of Party in Electorate? |
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| What are some examples of Party in Organization? |
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1. GSW College Republicans
2. Democratic State Committess
3. Michael Steele |
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-Is looked at state by state
-24 States are Democratic
-4 States are Republican
-The rest of the states are up for grabs or are competitive
-It is often said that Party ID is the strongest predictor for voting |
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| ______ and _______ states are at least a 20% margin in favor of the Republicans. |
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| If Democrats/Republicans have such an advantage, why can this be a deceiving figure? |
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1. Turn out - They may be defined as Democrats but they dont turnout to vote
2. Redistricting - Racial Jerry Mandering
3. Split Ticket Voting - They may vote for different partied presidents |
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| If Democrats/Republicans have such an advantage, why can this be a deceiving figure according to split ticket voting? |
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| Example: Mississippi - The most conservative state in the union. Its party ID according to the Gallop Survey is that its a competitive state. Has no difference between the number of Democrats and the number of Republicans by party ID in the state. They have a Democratic Legislature, the state house and senate are democratic. Since 1972, Mississippi has only voted for Republicans for President. In recent years, Mississippi has voted in Republican governors |
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| The only southern state that has an ID of being a Democratic state. |
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| How do you find a party ID? |
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| By and large its minority |
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| The north or south has a higher than average majority of minorities? |
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| ______, historically, have tended to be at least on paper the larger party. |
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| _________ is only the 3rd Democrat to get over 50% of the vote for president. |
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| What is Alabama's party ID? |
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| What is Georgia's party ID? |
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| What is Florida's party ID? |
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| The ______ is really the only bi-racial region of the country. |
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| Based upon the census estimates, ____ percent of the US population is condsidered African American |
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| True or False. Not a single western state is below average when considering the national percentage of population being African Amercican |
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| ______ percent of Georgia's population is African American |
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| Every single southern state's African American population is above average except this state? |
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| In the midwest, only ____ and ____ states have above average African American population. |
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| How many counties does Georgia have? |
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| True or False. Sumter county did not vote for Barak Obama |
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| False. Sumter County did vote for Barak Obama. Sumter County is a "swing vote" |
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| What are some key indicators for republican voting in Georgia? |
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| 1. 2006 - 78% of the electorate was white 2. Almost exclusively white votes are in GA voting for a governor 3. No difference in how white men or white women vote |
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| Discuss racial polarization. |
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Most powerful and biggest gap
Race, particularly in the south, shapes partisan choice |
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| Most powerful and biggest gap. |
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| What are the "deep south" states? |
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1. South Carolina
2. Georgia
3. Alabama
4. Mississippi
5. Louisiana |
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| What are the peripheral south states? |
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1. Texas
2. Arkansas
3. Florida
4. Tennessee
5. North Carolina
6. Virginia |
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| Does GA have the referendum? |
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| Does GA have the iniative? |
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| _______ is an election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election. _____ elections are one means by which a political party nominates candidates for the following general election. |
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| What is a primary election? |
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| also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election. Primary elections are one means by which a political party nominates candidates for the following general election. |
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| What is a Closed Primary Election? |
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| People may vote in a party's primary only if they are registered members of that party. Independents cannot participate. Note that because some political parties name themselves independent, the term "non-partisan" often replaces "independent" when referring to those who are not affiliated with a political party. |
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| A registered voter may vote in any party primary regardless of his own party affiliation. When voters do not register with a party before the primary, it is called a pick-a-party primary because the voter can select which party's primary he or she wishes to vote in on election day. Because of the open nature of this system, a practice known as raiding may occur. Raiding consists of voters of one party crossing over and voting in the primary of another party, effectively allowing a party to help choose its opposition's candidate. The theory is that opposing party members vote for the weakest candidate of the opposite party in order to give their own party the advantage in the general election |
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| What is an open primary election? |
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| A registered voter may vote in any party primary regardless of his own party affiliation. When voters do not register with a party before the primary, it is called a pick-a-party primary because the voter can select which party's primary he or she wishes to vote in on election day. Because of the open nature of this system, a practice known as raiding may occur. Raiding consists of voters of one party crossing over and voting in the primary of another party, effectively allowing a party to help choose its opposition's candidate. The theory is that opposing party members vote for the weakest candidate of the opposite party in order to give their own party the advantage in the general election |
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| A primary in which the ballot is not restricted to one party and the top two candidates advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation. (A run-off differs from a primary in that a second round is only needed if no candidate attains a majority in the first round.) |
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| What is a runoff election? |
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| A primary in which the ballot is not restricted to one party and the top two candidates advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation. (A run-off differs from a primary in that a second round is only needed if no candidate attains a majority in the first round.) |
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a.A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office.
b.A closed meeting of party members within a legislative body to decide on questions of policy or leadership. |
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a.A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office.
b.A closed meeting of party members within a legislative body to decide on questions of policy or leadership. |
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| is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote (plebiscite), initiated when sufficient voters sign a petition. |
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| is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote (plebiscite), initiated when sufficient voters sign a petition. |
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| What is a political party? |
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| is a political organization that typically seeks to attain and maintain political power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions. Parties often espouse an expressed ideology or vision bolstered by a written platform with specific goals, forming a coalition among disparate interests. |
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| What do political parties do? |
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They are an electoral organization.
They raise money.
They educate.
They provide a political identity.
They simplify their choices at the ballot box |
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| _____ is the commonly used measure of parties. |
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| How many states are considered blue states or democratic? |
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| What is the one southern state that is considered a blue state? |
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| How many states are considered red states or republican? |
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| As of 2010, states governors by party in 2010 handout, there are ____ Democratic state Governors and ____ Republican State Governors. |
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1. 26 Democrats
2. 24 Republian |
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| As of 2010, Democrats control the legislatures in ____ states. |
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| ____ States have Democratic Governors and voted for Obama. |
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| As of 2010, Republians control the legislatures in _____ states. |
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| _____ States have REpublican Governors and voted for McCain. |
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| In terms of political science, the south is commonly defined as which states? |
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| They are defined as the 11 states of the old confederacy. |
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| What were the 11 states of the old confederacy? |
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1. South Carolina
2. Missippi
3. Florida
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Louisiana
7. Texas
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8. Virginia
9. Arkansas
10. Tennessee
11. North Carolina |
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| Which states are considered the "deep south" states? |
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1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Mississippi
4. South Carolina
5. Louisiana |
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| What are the sub-region or peripheral south states? They are the sup-region to the "deep south" states. |
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1. Florida
2. Arkansas
3. Tennessee
4. North Carolina
5. Virginia
6. Texas |
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| There are the "deep south" states and the "peripheral south states. What two other states are commonly added to this group of states? |
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| What is true of every single southern state? |
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1. Most pronounced in this region
2. Racial polarization
3. Southern whites tend to vote Republicans strongly
4.Southern blacks tend to vote Democrats strongly |
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| What types of counties tend to form the basis or core of the southern states democratic party? |
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1. Univeristy Centered
2. Majority-minority
3. Urban Centers |
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| With the principle focus on Georgia, what types of counties tend to form a southern states democratic party? |
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1. University centered
- Athens-Clark
-Aluchua
2. Majority-Minority
3. Urban Centers
- Atlanta
- Fulton
- Dekalb
- Clayton |
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| How many GA House members are there? |
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| How many GA House members are Democrats? Race? |
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- 6 Democrats
- 67% African American
- 1 White Protestant
- 1 White Catholic |
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| How many GA House members are Republicans? Race? |
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- 7 Republicans
- 86% White protestant
- 14% White Catholic |
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