Tyranny of The Majority and The Political Spectrum

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Electoral College
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Body of people that represent the United States when voting in a presidential election. The number each state gets is based on the number of representatives. 270 votes are needed in order to win the election.
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Senate as a continuous body
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Only 1/3 of the senate is up for re-election every 2 years. This was implemented in order to prevent tyranny of the majority (only up to 1/3 of the senate can all be replaced at once).
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Senate Chosen by State Legislatures (17th amendment)
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Originally, the senate was not a direct election (the framers fears of an excessive democracy). However, due to the 17th amendment, the senate became a direct election.
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Suffrage Restrictions Originally
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Only white, land owning males could vote originally.
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Agrarian based colonial economy
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Due to this, the Framers feared that many people lacked political sophistication, literacy, and education. All of these factors contributed to the Framers fearing that citizens would make the wrong choice (tyranny against the majority)
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Political Socialization
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Process by which people get their sense of political identity, beliefs, and values (family, school, media, religion, national events-all help to socialize)
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Liberal
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A person whose views favor more govt involvemnt in business, social welfare, minority rights, &increased govt spending
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Conservative
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A person whose pol. views favor more local, limited govt, less govt regulations, conformity to social norms &values; rough on criminals
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Straight Ticket Voting
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Voting for all of the candidates on the ballot of the same political party.
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Split Ticket Voting
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Voting for candidates form more than one party in the same election.
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Moderate/Swing/Independent
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Voters that could go either way (are not dedicated to a specific political party).
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Party Base
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People who vote for their party no matter what. They would rather not vote than to vote for a person of the other party.
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