Mass Polarization & Negative Partisanship Racial Division and Dem. Change Economic Inequality Non-test Class Facts Celebrities and Politics
100
What is negative partisanship
Innate anger at opposite partisans
100
What is ethnicity
An ascriptive common identity, developed through kinship. Typically involving a racial, religious or language group.
100
What is income and wealth inequality
An uneven distribution of the flow variable of resources. An uneven distribution of the stock (property) variable of resources
100
What is Diet Coke/Coke Zero
Prof. Mickey's Favorite Beverage
100
Who is FDR
Cardi B's Favorite President, and the man that tried court packing
200
What is sorting
Partisans hold similar positions but separate into separate teams
200
What is ranked vs. unranked groups
Two types of social stratification synonymous or not, with group membership
200
What are economic causes of income inequality
Globalization, automation of labor, immigration, skill gap, decline of unions
200
What is Weimar Germany
A Western European country in a specific time period we spent way too long reading about
200
Who is Ronald Reagan
Another celebrity president
300
What is a social cleavage
A social division in which the groups involved are conscious of their collective identity
300
What is an ethnic party
A party mostly organized and mobilized through their identity as an exclusive group.
300
What are political causes of income inequality
Money in elections, judicial rulings, interest groups and lobbyists
300
What is our classroom
MH G449
300
Kim Kardashian
Prominent reality TV star who is dipping their toes into criminal justice reform, married to a Trump supporter
400
What is issue and social based polarization
Increasing social distance and issue-based distance among republicans and democrats
400
What is racial resentment
A social science term for specific negative racial beliefs about Black, Latinx, and other marginalized groups
400
What is Meltzer and Richard (1981)
Authors who argued that democracy leads to lower inequality because of gov't responsiveness to median income of workers (assumes "everybody votes)
400
Eugenia's Cat
Percy
500
What are the factors that influence the extent of issue-based sorting in the US
Equal standing of Black and Latinx people and the Religious/secular divide
500
What is Obama's presidential election
A reason behind the resurgence of racial resentment to mainstream voters in the late 2000's, as well as the formation of the Tea Party
500
What are reasons for rising inequality in the US
Across parties, a "free market capitalism" shift, immigration and low turnout, gerrymandering, wealth defense, and uneven access to political institutions






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