AP Comparative Government: Interest Groups, Political Parties, and Elections flashcards

Question 1

What mechanism lets voters directly introduce legislation and vote to enact it?

Accepted Answer

Ballot initiative

Question 2

What is a democratic system called in which citizens make policy choices directly instead of leaving them to elected officials?

Accepted Answer

Direct democracy

Question 3

What is a group of people who organize to seek to influence a political outcome?

Accepted Answer

An interest group

Question 4

What is the attempt by a group to influence a political outcome?

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Lobbying

Question 5

What kind of lobbying has interest groups build contacts and relationships within government to try to influence an outcome?

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Inside lobbying

Question 6

What problem arises when individual members of an interest group benefit from its activities even if they do not take part themselves?

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The free rider problem

Question 7

In what election system does the candidate with the most votes win?

Accepted Answer

Plurality rule

Question 8

In what electoral system are the votes cast by the electorate reflected in the same proportions within the governing body?

Accepted Answer

Proportional representation

Question 9

What is an election called in which voters decide whether to end the term of an elected official?

Accepted Answer

A recall

Question 10

What is an election called in which voters decide whether to overturn an existing law or policy?

Accepted Answer

A referendum

Question 11

What is a system called in which multiple political parties take part in national elections?

Accepted Answer

A multiparty system

Question 12

What is an electoral system called in which two main parties control power in government?

Accepted Answer

A two-party system

Question 13

What is an electoral system called in which one party makes up the government?

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A single-party system

Question 14

What is the system of electors, based on the total number of U.S. senators, House members, and electors from Washington, DC, by which the president is chosen?

Accepted Answer

The Electoral College

Question 15

What are independent political action committees called that can raise unlimited funds to campaign for candidates but may not directly coordinate with candidates or parties?

Accepted Answer

Super PACs

Question 16

What is money called that super PACs receive from shell corporations or from donors who do not disclose their identities?

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Dark money

Question 17

What is the number of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election called?

Accepted Answer

Voter turnout

Question 18

What do we call voters who have met the requirements the government sets in order to be able to cast a vote?

Accepted Answer

Registered voters

Question 19

What is a strategy, or in some cases local laws, that works to prohibit certain groups from voting?

Accepted Answer

Voter suppression

Question 20

What is the way for a legislative body to show it no longer supports the leader of the government and the cabinet?

Accepted Answer

A vote of no confidence

Question 21

What is the act of hiring or using state resources in a partisan manner to reward political support?

Accepted Answer

Patronage

Question 22

What is the appeal by public leaders to ordinary people's belief that established elite groups disregard their concerns?

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Populism

Question 23

What political theory posits that multiple and diverse interests compete for attention and resources, with political power distributed among them?

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Pluralist theory

Question 24

What is the term for an election that Britain's prime minister can call at any time?

Accepted Answer

A snap election

Question 25

What phenomenon occurs when the demands of multiple elections leave voters feeling apathetic or disengaged?

Accepted Answer

Voter fatigue

Question 26

What do we call groups that focus on a single issue in order to acquire or maintain benefits for their members?

Accepted Answer

Single-issue groups

Question 27

What do we call economic interest groups that work on behalf of workers' interests?

Accepted Answer

Labor groups

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