adversarial press
advice and consent power
ambassadors
amendment process
amicus curiae briefs
article i
article ii
article iii
article iv
article vi
articles of confederation (3 weaknesses)
attack ads
baker v carr (1961)(3 facts)
baker v carr (1961)(holding)
bill of rights (significance)
bipartisan campaign reform act of 2002
block grants
brutus #1 (main point)
budget deficit
bully pulpit
categorical grants
caucuses
census
checks and balances (principle of governement)
citizens united v fec (2010)(holding)
citizens united v. fec (2010)(3 facts)
civic engagement
closed primaries
coattail effect
commerce clause
concurrent powers
congressional appropriation
congressional hearings
conservative
constituency
consumer-driven media outlets
contemporary political issues
critical elections
dark money
deceleration of independence (significance)
declaration of independance (3 parts of)
delegate
delegated powers
democratic predictor qualities (stereotypes)
demographics
department of homeland security
department of justice
department of state
department of transportation
department of treasury
department of veteran affairs
divided government
election cycle
electorate
entitlements
enumerated powers
environmental protection agency (epa)
executive agreement
executive order
factors of socialization
federal reserve
federalist #10 (main point)
federalist #51 (main point)
federalist #70 (main point)
federalist #78 (main point)
fifteenth amendment
fiscal federalism
fiscal policy
free market
free rider problem
front-loading
gatekeeper
globalization (role on government policy)
grandfather clause
grassroots lobbying
hard money
horserace journalism
ideological orientation
incumbency advantage
independent candidate
independent expenditures
individual liberty
initiative
interest groups
invisible primary
iowa caucuses
iron triangles (draw/ label)
issue ads
judicial activism
judicial restraint
judicial review (principle of governement)
keynesian economics
lame duck president
layer cake federalism
liberal
libertarianism
limited government (principle of government)
linkage institutions
literacy test
lobbying
logrolling
loose contructionism (viewpoint)
marble cake federalism
marbury v madison (1803)(facts)
marbury v madison (1803)(holding)
mcculloch v. maryland (1819)(facts)
mcculloch v. maryland (1819)(holding)
media bias
media strategy
medicaid
medicare
mid-term (congressional) elections
mobilization of membership
moderate
monetary policy
multiple policy access point (principle of government)
national popular vote
necessary and proper clause
new hampshire primary
news source and information credibility
nineteenth amendment
obergefell v. hodges (2015)
open primaries
opinion poll
participatory democracy
partisanship (impact on policy) how
party chairperson
party conventions
party identification (3 examples)
party platforms
party-line voting
planned parenthood v. casey (1992)
pluralist democracy
plurality
policy agenda
political action committees (pacs)
political actors
political culture
political efficacy
political gridlock
political ideology
political participation
political parties
political socialization
poll tax
popular sovereignty
popular sovereignty (principle of governement)
power of the purse
precedent
precinct
presidential elections
professional campaign consultants
professional organizations
proportional voting system
prospective voting
public interest groups
public opinion
question bias (example)
random sample
rational-choice voting
realignment (reference to party)
recall
redistricting (when and how)
referendum
refernedum
religious affiliation
republican (predictor qualities)
retail policies
retrospective voting
revolving door
rule of law (principle of government)
saliency
sample error (percentage)
scientific polling
separation of powers
seventeenth amendment
shaw v. reno (1993)(3 facts)
shaw v. reno (1993)(holding)
shelby county v. holder (2013)
signing statement
signle-member district
single-issue groups
social security
soft money
sound bite
spoiler rule
stand by your ad provision
state decisis
strict constructionism (viewpoint)
structural barriers to voting
suffrage
superdelegate
superpacs
swing states (1 example)
tenth amendment
third-party candidate
tracking poll
twentieth amendment
twenty-fifth amendment
twenty-fourth amendment
twenty-second amendment
twenty-sixth amendment
twenty-third amendment
united states vs. lopex (1995)(3 facts)
united states vs. lopez (1995)(holding)
us constitution (main purpose)
veto
voter mobilization
voter registration laws
voter turnout
voting indicators
war chest
war powers act (1973)
watchdog (think agency and purpose)
white primary
winner-take-all voting system