Friday, March 18, 2022

Terminology for March 21

GOVT 2305 - ACC

Bicameralism
checks and balances
reapportionment
redistricting
party discipline
party line voting
the whip system
indictment
impeachment
arraignment
oversight
constituency service
the committee system
filibuster
cloture
franking
the pork barrel
presiding officers
hold
divided government
trustee
delegate
politico
fragmentation
the people’s branch
the state’s branch
the role of the Senate
conference committee
co-sponsors
majority leaders
minority leaders
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GOVT 2306 – ACC

education of legislators
power of presiding officers
special caucuses
the Texas Budget
the LBB
size of chambers
majority power
minority power
chubbing
quorum
hold
filibustering
killer amendments
committee system
redistricting
partisan gerrymandering
racial gerrymandering
professional / amateur legislatures
delegate / trustee / politico
term lengths
super majority
plurality
party line voting
party cohesion
powers of the lieutenant governor
constitutional rules for redistricting
low pay – part time
regular sessions
special sessions
preclearance
gender gap
Voting Rights Act
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UH GOVT 2306 – US Chapter 8

voter mobilization
voter turnout
voter behavior
level of income
level of education
age
race and ethnicity
gender gap
voter participation
civil war amendments
suffrage
mail in voting
state and local initiatives
referenda / recall
self interest
digital divide
traditional participation
voting
donating / funding
attending meetings
protests
letters to the editor / meme sharing
block walking
phone banks
misinformation
dissention
safe states
battle ground states
party identification
suffrage amendments
accidental mobilization
digital participation
low turnout in the US
voter registration
state level registration
permanent absentee ballots