Chapt. 5 Test
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- What is the smallest unit of election administration?
- Precinct
- What is the joining together of people with diverse intereests for a common goal?
- Coalition
- What is consisting of several distinct cultures and groups?
- Pluralistic society
- What is the dominant political parties in the United States?
- Major Parties
- What is casting ballots for candidates from different parties for different offices in the same election?
- Split-ticket voting
- What is a part of a city divided for election of city council members?
- Ward
- What is the types of parties that seek to affect one aspect of government policy?
- Single-issue parties
- What is the greatest number of votes cast for a single office?
- Plurality
- What is a general agreement of various groups?
- Consensus
- Who are the people who can vote in an election?
- Electorate
- What are parties that have borken off from a major party?
- splinter parties
- In the United States, a political party is made up of a group of people who?
- Work to get candidates nominated to political offices.
- The major functions of the two parties in the United States are?
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-to keep the general public informed about key issues
-to assure the qualifications of candidates for office
-to monitgor the conduct of its candidates in office - What is a multiparty system?
- composed of parties with special interests.
- Memebership in either of the two major parties is
- Based on personal choice
- The two-party system developed in the United States mainly because
- conflicts about the constitution created opposing viewpoints.
- The era of one-party domination that began in 1968 was different from past eras of one-party domination because
- one party controlled Congress while the other controlled the presidency.
- Descriptions of minor parties
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-members of a minor party are united by a particular group of viewpoints
-minor party is a party that has broken away from a major party.
-minor party expresses discontent over the state of the economy. - minor parties have contributed most to United States politics by
- causing major parties to adopt their ideas.
- The decentralization of both major parties
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-neither party has a chain of command at national, state, and local levels.
-government of the United States is a federal system.
-function of nominating candidates creates party conflict. - What does the national chairperson of a major political party do?
- manages the party's headquarters
- The basic element of a major party?
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-the people who run the party machinery
-the voters who vote for the party's stand on issues
-the party's officeholders at all levels of government - The sign of a weakened political party?
- a large number of independents
- The "Publican Party" calls for an overhaul of the American political, economic, and legal systems-
- Ideological Party
- The "stoned silly" party is formed by deviants intent on legalizing the use of "pot"-
- Single issue
- Farmers and ranchers unite to form a "Farm-Ranch Party" rto get higher prices for their products
- Economic issue
- A group of Republicans dissatisfied with the apparent approval of "King George as the party's nominee, form a new "Peoples Rights" party to back Jonathan B. McCain.
- Ideological Party
- The "Libera Party" works to end discriminatrion against immigrants
- Single issue
- The Republican and Democratic parites are the two ___________ in the United States.
- Major parties
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Becaues the United States is a ________,
the only candidates who have a reasonable chance of winning an election are either Republican or Democratic. - two-party system
- Any party that has less support than one of the major political parties in the United States is a (n)_________.
- Minor Party
- The ______is made up of all the people who are eligible to vote in a election.
- Electorate
- _________seek to cause a change on one public policy matter.
- single-issue parties
- Parties that want to express their disfavor with the current economy are known as_______.
- economic protest parties
- _______ parties that hold a particular set of beleifs, have often supported Marxist thinking.
- Ideological parties
- A _____ could more realistically be called a "no party" system.
- one-party system
- Contests in which only one candidate from the district is elected to each office on the ballot are known as ___________ elections.
- single-member district
- Although United States political parties focus on winning election, most political parties also___________
- Have certain common principles they want
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Although United States political parties focus on winning elections, most
political parties also - have certain common principles they want adopted in government.
- The functions of the majoy parties in United States politics include ________.
- nominating candidates for office,insuring the good performance of their elected candidates, and providing a mechanism for the conduct of government. -
- That it is often difficult to distinguish the two United States political parties gbased on issuse reflects__________.
- the idea that Americans are ideologically homogenous.
- A one-party system
- exists in nearly all dictatorships today.
- People belong to a particular political party-
- voluntarily, because they made a personal choice.
- Federalists are-
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-those who do not want a strong National Government.
- now called the Republicans - From 1800 to 1860, American government was dominated by which party?
- Bull Moose
- Most single-issue parties have been__________.
- short lived
- Over time, the ideas first developed by minor parties are _______ by major parties.
- borrowed
- The State party organization__________.
- are generally independent of the national committee.
- An Irish Catholic shoe salesman in Michigan earning $20,000 is most likely which party affiliated?
- Democratic
- A retired farmer lilving in rural Maine is most likely which party affiliated?
- Republican
- A Cathoilic female lawyeer in New York City is most likely affiliated with which party?
- Democratic
- A 20-year-old high school drop out in Nashville, TN. is most likely affiliated with which party?
- Won't vote
- A college graduate, social worker, minority,living in Little Rock, AR. will most likely be affiliated with which party?
- Democratic
- A band president in Seattle, WA. is most likely affiliated with which party?
- Republican
- A blue collar factory worker in Pittsburg,PA. will most likely be affiliated with which party?
- Republican
- A farmer living in rurual North Carolina will most likely be affiliated with which party?
- Republican
- CEO of a grokerage firm in Denver, CO is affiliated with which party?
- Republican
- A senior government student in Haven, KS is most likely affiliated with which party?
- won't vote
- A Middle-aged high school English teacher living in rural Haven, KS is most likely affiliated with which party?
- Republilcan
- A Jewish sales clerk in Miami is most likely affiliated with which party?
- Republican
- A Protestant hoursewife in Des Moines, IA is most likely affiliated with which party?
- Republican
- A female bus driver, age 23, earning $23,000, minority living in Chicago, IL is most likely affiliated with which party?
- Democratic
- A New York University coed majoring in social work, from New York City is most likely affiliated with which party?
- Democratic
- A Hispanic male, lawyer, livingf in Houston, TX is most likely affiliated with which party?
- Democratic
- A white male, lawyer, brings a class actgion law suit against a tobacco company is most likely affiliated with which party?
- Republican
- A female cattle rancher in Rock Springs, WY is most likely affiliated with which partya?
- Republican
- What two terms does the author use to diescribe what third or minor parties have brought to the American political system?
- critic and innovator
- Name one reform that third or minor parties have originated that is now a part of our governmental system?
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