PSC 100 NEVADA CONSTITUTION FINAL ACTUAL

PSC 100 NEVADA CONSTITUTION FINAL (ACTUAL / )

EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS

Clark County's five incorporated cities - -----Answers_------ Mesquite

• North Las Vegas
• Las Vegas
• Henderson
• Boulder City

The Strip is unincorporated - -----Answers_-----

UNINCORPORATED MEANS IT'S FOR THE STATE

STATES WANT TAX MONEY!!!

2014 estimated population of Clark County - -----Answers_--- --

What Are Political Parties? - -----Answers_-----Political

parties: organized groups that attempt to influence the

government by electing their members to local, state, and national offices.

Important link between public and government 1 / 4

Voters -> Parties -> Elected Officials

Especially true in elections; parties filter participation.

U.S. has plurality system - -----Answers_-----WINNER

TAKES ALL, THIS IS ON TEST

whoever gets the most votes, wins!WE DO NOT HAVE A MAJORITY system

majority system: you must get greater than 50%

plurarity system: you must get more of the votes!

Republican (GOP) - -----Answers_------ wealthy whites, ******s

• smaller government, cut social security
• low taxes for businesses
• don't believe government should take care of the poor

Democratic - -----Answers_------ more aggressive government intervention in economy

Minor Political Parties - -----Answers_-----INDEPENDENT AMERICAN & LIBERTARIAN

REMEMBER THESE 2 PARTIES 2 / 4

Independent American party - -----Answers_------ independent americans don't want government in their lives

• don't want anything with gun control
• they want their guns all the time

Libertarian party - -----Answers_------ libertarians want an extraordinarily limited government

• do away with public schools and parks
• start to sound liberal because they're hell on wheels on

freedom speech

• very very much for individual freedoms
• appeals to a lot of Nevadans

But Nevadans tend to vote for "people" not "parties" - ----- Answers_------ hence why Nevada is a swing state

Nevada Registration (Oct. 2014) - -----Answers_------ 19% nonpartisan

• 34% Republican
• 40% Democrat

Nevada's Political Parties - -----Answers_------ Both parties tend to be conservative

• Generally, Democrats more supportive of education and

labor issues 3 / 4

• Republicans more supportive of business and the

conservative social agenda

pluralism - -----Answers_------ a theory that citizens with varied interests and opinions connect to the government through interest groups that compete in the public sphere

• groups with the common idea come together and get

something done

• a single individual can't do it alone

labor unions are interest groups - -----Answers_-----lots of different types of interest groups

interest group techniques (lobby) - -----Answers_------ campaign contributions

• testify bills/protest
• persuasion and e-mail
• litigation
• election activities

lobbying - -----Answers_-----an attempt by a group to influence the policy process through persuasion of public officials

• paid or volunteer
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