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Ch 5
Cal Gov
15
Political Studies
Undergraduate 4
02/19/2014

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Term
political participation
Definition
individual or group activity intended to exercise influence in the political system
Term
exit option
Definition
leaving an area due to political disfunction
Term
protest option
(CA Protests)
Definition
Zuit suit riots
Bombing of the LA Times
Watts riots
Rodney King riots
Term
public opinion
Definition
collective beliefs ,attitudes and values held by the citizenry
Term
straw polls
Definition
educated guesses on what the public or what a group is thinking
Term
scientific polls
Definition
use a number of techniques to increase the likelihood that their results reflect the actual views of the larger population
Term
Structural nonvoting
Definition
those disenfranchised by the rules
Term
preferential nonvoting
Definition
those disenfranchised by their own behavior and attitudes
Term
Reasons for preferential nonvoting
Definition
Personal Factors
Structural Factors (too frequent elections)
Partisan Factors
Regional Factors
Term
Political reform act of 1974
Definition
requires disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures, regulates the organization of cmpaign committees, limits entertaining by lobbyists and prohibits conflict of interest by local officials
Term
Fair Political Practices Commission
Definition
established to implement Political reform at of 1974
Term
CA elections impact on national elections
Definition
-Initiatives began by CA expand to other states
- Deep resource for campaign contributions
- Many out of state contributions are given for CA elections
- 55 electoral college votes
Term
Typical non voters
Definition
- want a more active government
- favor more social spending
- support higher taxes
- oppose initiatives that limit government
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Typical voters
Definition
- want less government
- favor less social spending
- oppose higher taxes
- support initiatives that limit government
Term
Electoral Gaps
Definition
Voter/Nonvoter
Race/Ethnicity (whites vote more)
Age (older votes more)
Partisan (Growing gap between liberal and conservative beliefs)
Gender (Men tend to be more conservative)
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