PLS 201
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Electoral College
Representatives of each state who cast the final ballot that actually elect the president.
Electoral College Representatives
1) Each state has electoral votes equal to the number of representatives plus the 2 U.S. senators. 2) CA has 55 electoral votes (53 in the HR and 2 U.S. Senators)
Which amendment gave DC electoral vote?
• The 23th amendment (1961) grants the district of Columbia 3 electoral votes. • Electoral College gave advantage to small populated states. • 435 (HR) + 100 (Senators) + 3 (DC electoral votes) = 538 (Total Electoral Votes) • Simple majority is needed to win (270)
Demographics
Statistical study of human populations and sub populations analyzing characteristics such as births, deaths, aging, and migration.
US Census Data (National)
• Population: 320 million • Hispanics: 17 % • African Americans: 13% • Asian: 5%
Generational Cohort
The group of individuals who experience the same event within the same time interval
Baby Boomers
Those born 1946-1664
Generation X
Born 1965-1984
Millennials
Born after 1980
Culture
The norms, values, and beliefs of a society.
Norm
A norm is an expectation of how people will behave, and it takes the form of a rule that is socially rather than formally enforced.
Political Culture
Attitudes towards the political system and its various parts, and attitudes towards the role of the self in the system.
Political Socialization
The process through which an individual acquired their political norms, values and beliefs.
Agents of socialization
• Family • School • Religion • Peers • Media
Alienation
The state of feeling stranger or separated from ones environment, work, products of work or self.
Ethos
Disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement. -Core belief
Two basic american ethia
1) Democracy 2) Capitalism
American Culture Characteristics
• Individualism • Joiners • Hyper-equality • Frontier Culture
Suffrage
The right of voting
The Road to Suffrage
• 17th Amendment (1913) provided for the direct elections of senators. • 19th Amendment (1920) Expanded the right of suffrage to women. • 24th Amendment (1964) Made poll tax unconstitutional • 26th Amendment (1971) Expanded the right of suffrage to 18 yr olds. (During Vietnam War)
Redistricting
The redrawing of legislative districts to reflect changes in population and seat allotment to states.
Gerrymandering
The process of redistricting that favors one political party
Redraw lines
It is up to the state legislature every 10 years to redraw lines.
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Supreme Court ruling in which the state of Tennessee was forced to adhere to the one man one vote principle.