POSC 100- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 29 pages long!)
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Regular, predictable (window of time -2 yrs, 4yrs) Universal suffrage (right to vote) ii. iii: u. s, 18, non felon (prison, has to be a citizen, media (publicize) v. Elections should be fair (low corruption: education (important for democracy, health, econ. 3-5= substantive? democracy: how do we know a democracy when we see it (contin) Doesn"t matter what the citizen wants all about equality for a democracy: procedural vs. substantive i. Procedural: process of running democratically, ex. i. ii. iii. iv. v. Substantive: certain things that we can do, context of the courts, direct vs indirect i. ii. Direct: we (people) make the policy laws. People in charge (but are we really?: government policies reflect what people want, ex i. ii. iii. iv. Public opinion (surveys): people participate politically, high quality info available (media, majority rules (complicated, political equality i. Everyone has equal vote: ex. one person = one vote, political liberty i.
