A few last minute hints to help narrow your studies:
- strict scrutiny, as well as the other standards for reviewing equal protection claims
- electoral laws and federalism
- the impact of elections on political parties
- what makes elections legitimate?
- elections and democracy
- redistricting
- primary and general elections
- changes to elections over American history
- the functions of political parties
- party eras
- the development of parties
- party identification
- the growth of free speech in the United States
- the interpretation of speech
- who turns out to vote
- who does not
- interest group formation
- the nature of interest group influence
- seditious libel
- basic facts about public opinion
I stopped at 180 questions. Most are multiple choice, a good handful are true/false. You can only take the test once. This is designed to be a "you know it or you don't" test. So be prepared for it. It's designed to be the toughest part of the class, so keep that in mind.
Good luck.
