GOVT 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Pew Research Center, Kamala Harris, Veto
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Duties of congress: recall from the section of the us constitution, article 1: section 8, authority to tax, borrow, and coin money, operate postal service, declare war, raise and support armies, make all laws necessary and proper. In 2015, 33% of american adults ages 25+ had completed a bachelor"s degree or more: pew research center, overwhelmingly christian, catholics have increased, protestants have decreased, more americans identify as unaffiliated than do congress (23% v. 0. 2%) Drawing district boundaries: who draws, when, gerrymandering: drawing strangely shaped districts to gain political advantage, governor elbridge gerry, redrawn as safe for incumbents. Board of equalization districts will be composed of 10 senate districts: california citizens redistricting commission (2008) 5 = r, 5 = d, 4 = citizens. Incumbency advantage: the advantage current officeholders have in an (re)election(s) Elections: two types of electoral systems, majoritarian, proportional, congressional, or assembly, or senate districts are single-member plurality districts, primaries.
