US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

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US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS???????

• Robert D. McClure
• Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and
  DemocracyMaxwell Professor of Teaching
  Excellence
• Sept. 6, 2007

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• BASIC POLITICAL DISPOSITIONS THAT HELP DEFINE
  AMERICAN POLITICS
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• CHALLENGE AUTHORITY!
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• CHOICE
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• VOTE-AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN
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• PRIMARY ELECTIONS
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• DECENTRALIZED AND DIVIDED GOVERNMENT
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• STATES HAVE THE POLICE POWER
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• THE CONGRESS IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE PRESIDENT,
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• EXCEPT IN MILITARY/FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
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• EXTENDED AND DIVERSE
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• THE PRIVATE SECTOR
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• THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM
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