Gov. exam 2
less apathetic
Compared with citizens in other democracies, Americans are__________.
less likely to vote
Compared with citizens is most other democracies, Americans are ___________
two
Each state has _______ senators.
all
Every two years, how many of the 435 House of Rep seats are up for reelection?
rulings made by the lower federal courts
Federal appellate courts review and can overturn
Barrett
Justices Alito, Roberts, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Thomas and ______________, make up the conservative bloc on the Supreme Court.
Kagan
Justices Sotomayor, Breyer, and. ____________ make up the liberal bloc on the Court
education
Of all the social and economic variables affecting political participation, _________ is the strongest single factor
They create an expensive "industry" designed around circulating petitions and spending millions
One recent criticism of referenda and initiatives is that ______________
briefly stated and comparatively vague
The powers of the president as outlined in the Constitution are ___________.
the president
federal judges are appointed by_________
judicial activism
the view that judges should NOT generally defer to the decisions of elected officials in their decisions is known as ______________
votes according to his or her conscience, even if doing so means going against the wishes of the majority back home
A congressional representative is following the trustee philosophy when he or she ____________
initiative
A(n) ______________ is a procedure by which voters can propose an issue to decided by the state legislature or by. the. people. It requires gathering a specified number of signatures and submitting a petition to a designated agency.
9,000
About how many requests for review. does the U.S. Supreme Court receive each year?
an electoral mandate
After the presidential election is. over, the winning candidate wants to claim that he has been given___________ by the voters to carry out the policy platform on which he campaigned.
around 20%
Although the number of women in Congress has grown over time, they currently compromise ___________ of Congress
the franking privilege
An incumbent advantage that permits members of Congress to keep in touch with constituents by sending mailings at the taxpayer's expense is known as _____________
fewer than 100
Approximately how many cases does the Supreme Court select each year as worthy of review?
democratic
Citizens with advanced degrees are more likely to be ___________
two thirds vote in each house
Congress can overturn a. presidential veto with a _____________
remove missals from Turkey
During the Cuban missile crisis, President Kennedy privately signaled to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that if the Soviet Union withdrew its missiles from Cuba, the United States would ___________.
competitive management
Franklin D. Roosevelt exemplified the __________ style of organizing the White House when he organized a staff that had. overlapping authority and different points of. view.
parliamentary
Great. Britain has a __________ system of government
In Oregon everyone votes by _________
parliamentary
In a ___________ system. of government chief executive, e.g., the prime minister, is the leaders whose party holds most seats in the legislature after an election or whose party forms a major part. of the ruling coalition.
Democrats
People who have lower incomes and less education are more likely to consider themselves _____________.
approximately 50%
Since 1950, ___________ of all House incumbents running for office have been relected.
solicitor general
The _________ represents the federal government before the Supreme Court
Great Society
The _________ was the name given to President Lyndon Johnson's liberal agenda for America.
population-based representation for states in the House and equal representation for states in the senate
The key feature of the Great Compromise was its provision for _____________.
proportional
The system by which. legislative seats are awarded to a party in proportion to the vote that parrty wins in an election is called _________representation.
executive orders
When President Dwight Eisenhower ordered the Arkansas National Guard into service to enforce court orders to desegregate schools, it was an example of ___________
Kennedy. and the Cuban missile crisis
Which of the following is considered a model of effective crisis management?
preliminary election in which voters choose each party's candidates for general election
a direct primary is a _______________
Inherent
_______ power of the presidency stems from authority that is not clearly specified in the Constitution and results in actions that exceed commonly held notions of the president's authority.
John Roberts
___________ is the current Chief Justice of the. Court
Democrat Nancy Pelosi
____________ is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives
original
_______________ jurisdiction refers to the authority of a court to hear a case before any other court hears the case.
Filibustering
______________is the practice of unlimited debate in the Senate in order to obstruct legislation.
keeps track of the vote count in Congress
a whip is a member of the legislature who ______________
casework
if a congressional staff member is asked to track down a missing Social Security check, that staff member is involved in _____________
preventing blacks from voting in primary elections
in Smith v. Allwright, the Supreme Court found _________ is (are) unconstitutional.
a constitutional amendment
is a mechanism provided by the Consitution that can be used to overturn a Supreme Court decision.
lack of serious attention by the public
perhaps the most difficult obstacle presidents face when attempting to influence public opinion is the ____________.
15th amendment
the _________________ amendment to the Constitution prohibits. states from denying the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
state decisis
the bias in favor of existing decisions is captured by the Latin expression
stephen breyer
the oldest justice on the Supreme Court is __________
three
there are currently _______ women on the Supreme Court
one
there are currently ________ black justices serving on the supreme court