Govt ch 5

Precinct

The smallest unit of election administration

Political party

A group of people joined together on the basis of common principles, who seek to control the government and public policy

Pluralistic society

Consisting of several distinct cultures and groups

Major parties

The dominant political parties in the United States

Split-Ticket voting

Casting ballots for candidates from different parties for different offices in the same election

In the U.S., a political party is made up of a group of people who

Work to get candidates elected to political offices

Short lived

Most single issue parties have been

The national chairperson of a major political party

Manages the party’s headquarters

People belong to a particular political party

Voluntarily because they made a personal choice

Which of the following statements about federalists is true?

A strong central government was of great concern to them

Which of the following is not a major function of either of the two major political parties in the US?

To unite people and concentrates solely on one public policy matter

Over time the ideas first developed by minor parties are often ______ by minor parties

Borrowed

Which of the following is not one of the three main elements of the major parties in terms of the roles of their members

The party media organization

Membership in either of the two parties is

Based on personal choice

The two party system developed in the US mainly because

Conflicts about the constitution created opposing viewpoints

Minor parties contributed most to the US politics by

Causing major parties to adopt their ideas

Which factor does not add to the decentralization of both major parties

The president head one of the major parties

Which of the following in a sign of weakened political parties

Split-ticket voting

The functions of the major parties in the US politics include

Nominating candidates for office, insuring the good performance of their elected candidates, providing a mechanism for the conduct of government (ALL OF THE ABOVE)

A one-party system

Exists in nearly all dictatorships today

Which of the following groups has tended to support the Democratic Party in recent decades?

Union members

The two major parties have members who take all of the following roles EXCEPT

Party independents

An increasing number of Americans today

Identify with neither political party

Which of the following do political parties and the news media have in common?

Both try to inform, inspire, and activate the people with regard to public affairs

Both major parties try to

Appeal as many voters as possible

When trying to predict how an individual Will vote, the one factor that is an accurate indicator more often than any other is

Family

During the era of the democrats that lasted from 2800 to 1860 it can be assumed that most Americans favored

A government that favored the common people

Beginning with the civil war, ____ shifted their support to the republican party

Farmer

Had Theodore Roosevelt’s not run for president in the election of 1912 it is likely that

The republicans would have won the election

Which of the following did not contribute to a shift in power from the democrats to the republicans over the course of the nations history?

Divided government

If inflation is low, job are plentiful, and the republicans and democrats each enjoy strong support, which type of minor party would be least likely to attract voters?

Single- issue or economic protest parties

A major party might support a minor party candidate or president if

The minor party is likely to draw votes from the opposition

It can be argued that political parties are at their weakest

When they cannot agree on who to nominate as their candidate

Recent laws regulating how political parties fund campaigns have contributed to

The weakening of the party system