RIP Gerrymandering

1. they dont like 9 appointed justices changing a democratically elected legislature, but they have to entertain any legitimate proposed change to the government
2. he can appoint a new conservative justice to gain the majority in the SC
3. they would have to win by 9 percent at least
4. they dont like 9 appointed justices changing a democratically elected legislature
5. many people think that the majority republican court swayed the election in Bush's favor
6. the framers did not think of any institutions to intervene in political battles because they didnt have any political parties.
7. because everything that the people drawing the lines are doing is illegal, although not entirely "fair" which is subjective.
8. if the district is made so that even if one party votes, it wont have any effect on the outcome
9. because there is a constant shift in political party majority control there
10. the politicians because they only gerrymander when it costs them nothing

Ugh Congress

1. democrats had 16 senate majority and a 79 seat house edge
2. republicans controlled the house while democrats controlled the senate
3. the senate controlls whoever is appointed by the president into office. they must approve whoever is sent to them before they get in.
4. this past election, and in 2014
5. Boehner had too good of a relationship with obama and too many liberal policies were passed
6. Obamacare
7. the Tea Part caucus wanted to organize a 24 members that saw themselves as more than conservative. and the House Freedom Caucus was just republicans who werent satisfied with the current agenda.
8. since there was a huge conservative surge on capitol hill, the moderate republicans have all but dissappeared. even the moderate democrats are going away. this is mostly due to jerrymandering.
9. Neither sides want another government shutdown or major fight leading up to the presidential election.

electoral college questions

1. people in states vote and the person who receives more votes gets more electoral votes in the electoral college
2. they are voting for their electors to choose who to cast their vote for in the college
3. on december 19
4. it focuses on competitve states, small states get over-represented, popular vote doesnt matter, swing states dominate.
5. a fine
6. because elecotrs like to keep their jobs and they are usually pretty hardcore.
7. they did not want the president to be chosen by the people alone
8. they said that not just white men should vote and changed the voter base
9. swing states usually swing with the nation, there arent contested nationwide recounts, and it ensures regional balance
10. most people dont know about it, but most would perfer a different system than what is in place.
11. a state will pledge all its electors not to its state winner but to the victor in the national popular vote — but only if states controlling 270 or more electoral votes have agreed to do the same. If they do, and everything works as planned, then whoever wins the popular vote will necessarily win the electoral vote too.
12. republican states dont want this

do interest groups make you sad?

1. the american heart association, the american diabetes association, and the centers of disease control and prevention.
2. they lobby against drink regulations proposed by the government
3. they funded harvard research studies that showed saturated fat and cholesterol as the reasons for heart disease and played down other studies that linked sugar to heart disease
4. they are trying to keep out studies linking soda to obesity
5. they were trying to make it more difficult to rent drivers using uber and lyft, and of course uber and lyft did not approve.
6. 900000 dollars combined
7. the democrats
8. this would hurt people who have no option but to drive taxis since the alternatives are so much cheaper.
9. I DONT WANT TO PAY FOR A SAN ANTONIO NEWSPAPER

Do the debates matter?

1.not a large percentage of the voting population was voting. The debates always bring more attention to the candidates and their campaigns, they can also make or break a candidate depending on their apperance and what the might blurt out during a debate.
2. because the effects on the polls arent as immediate before the primaries than they are during the time that most of the people will be voting.
3. it is not normal for the debates to actually change the polls, only in 1976 did it actually change dramatically.
4. the first debate really closened the race by four points and then the next few debates pushed him a little bit ahead, but by not much.
5. They both lost points because of their apperances, Nixon sweated and Gore sighed, dispite neither of these attributes would reflect how they would work in office.
6. if no one expects him to do well, and he does, then people will be surprised and might even be more inclined to vote for him.
7. people are more likely to adopt the viewpoints of the media instead of forming their own to fit in or seem more informed
8. Depending on which news station you use, you will sway towards one candidate. they found that NBC viewers thought that Bush won while the people who watched the debate alone or with CNN commentary thought that Kerry won.

blog number 4

1. Clinton's lead over trump has dropped down to 3 percent
2. august 28
3. about 3 points
4. her health is declining, because that is the trend that can be seen wherever she goes. she's already canceled a fundraising trip.
5. ahead Virginia: 6 pts Wisconsin: 5 pts New Hampshire: 5 pts Penn: 6 Florida tied with trump
6. hes started running TV ads, Clinton's Email scandal has gotten fired up again, Clinton's Basket of deplorables comment.
7. hes installed a new campaign team to assist him from making any more faux pas on air,and it has worked so far.
8. he has started spending more money on his campaign like for ads.
9. she has laid low and has focused her energy on future efforts like fundraising
10. he accounts it to clinton's recent illness and the effect that it has taken on her campaign
11. Obama has said that the media has focused too little on trying to get Trump's Tax returns while focusing too much on Clinton's email scandal.

Independent Voters Questions

1. Independent voters are usually seen as people who don't want to be fully characterized with one political idea or group in order to preserve personal image. They don't really swing one way or the other by habit.
2. the researchers see them the same way, they know that independent voters are usually just normal people with no radical views about issues or they have different views about different things.
3. once again, they don't habitually vote one way or another based on their "party"
4. leaners are people who say that they are independent, but they do support one party more than another. they aren't as extremely devoted to one side, like a partisan, but they are clearly biased.
5. 42% Independent, 29% Democrat, 26% Republican
6. 13%
7. they don't want to be grouped in a basket of deplorables when asked how they view politics
8. independent voters aren't really independent voters most of the time, so they choose partisan candidates regardless
9. as stated before, independent voters aren't "up for grabs" they are basically partisan voters.
10. they are more forthright about their political identification, but their views aren't as hardcore or extreme as some of their counterparts in the party.
11. swing voters are just open to persuasion from either side, and undecided voters are people who wait a long time before deciding who to pick

Hillary Clinton review questions

1. She didn't sugar coat how politics works in america, she flat out stated that her opponents won't back down and that she's going to have to work to get stuff done.
2. She believes that her opponents (Republicans) are trying to actively destroy her and her party.
3. She thinks that they are disillusioned and that their views are not at all realistic.
4. She suggests trying to find as much common ground, hammering out private deals, and by just working through adversity.
5. She says that her approval ratings will go up because when she's doing actual work, her approval is better.
6. The gap in the approval ratings grow larger and larger between the two parties.
7. Johnson, Ford, and Carter
8. Carter and Ford
9. Obama, Bush, and Clinton

Questions on the Articles

1. usually political candidates go on late night TV talk shows to get free publicity and really seal in the young vote. Most young voters vote democrat and that is the orientation of the majority of late night talk shows.

2. They get new opinions about either candidate, either good or bad, depending on which one says something stupid. They can also get their friends to watch clips of the show that might shift their opinion.

3. Some political comedy shows can make voters see their candidate as someone cool and funny while simultaneously making their opposing candidate a fool.

4. The over-exposure of all Trump's mistakes and gaffs on live TV have definitely made almost all democrats and a lot of Republicans get as far away from him as possible. The Comedy shows just get this message to another large audience.

5. Sometimes, people might not believe what is on TV and they will go out and seek a real live event that occurred, or they might mention a clip from a debate and that could prompt someone to look up that event to see how everything went down.

6. about 12% of all Americans

7. they are generally more liberal, younger, college educated

8. The viewers mainly tune in to receive entertainment, but at the same time, they are receiving news stories and information on the political happenings in the world.

9. The comedy political shows generally have younger viewers and they tune in every week to watch the show regularly.