Ap Gov unit 4/5

Required SCOTUS cases: 

• Citizens United v. FEC (2010) 

Required Docs to remember: (all of these are review! There were no new docs in this unit!) 

For each doc, consider how it might be relevant to this unit and the topics covered. 

• “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” 

• The Amendments, especially the Bill of Rights and the amendments that expanded suffrage 

• Federalist 10 

• Federalist 70 

• Brutus No 1 

• Article I of the Constitution (the Congress one)

• Article II of the Constitution (the Executive Branch one)

Questions to consider:

• What are the 5 “core values” of American political culture, and how do different ideologies interpret them differently?

• What are the basic beliefs of each major American political ideology?

• What are the 6 primary agents of socialization? 

• How do the following demographic factors influence whether someone will vote Democrat/Republican?

  • Political Party Identification

  • Race/Ethnicity

  • Sex/Gender

  • Geographic Location

  • Religion

• How do the following demographic factors influence whether someone will go out and vote?

  • Age

  • Income Level

• If presented with a voter profile (e.g. this person is a white millennial woman who lives in New York), how are they likely to vote?

• How can public opinion polling influence policymakers?

• What are some of the limitations to polling? 

• How do modern campaigns work? Consider each of the linkage institutions we mentioned - elections, interest groups, the media, and political parties. 

• What role do third parties and minor parties play in political participation?