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
- very very much for individual freedoms
- appeals to a lot of Nevadans
freedom speech
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
- a single individual can't do it alone
something done
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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