9 Political Parties
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- Why should G. Washington, among other Founders of our nation, have been opposed to political parties?
- because disputes over policies and elections were not easily separated from disputes over government legitimacy
- During the founding period of US history, political parties could best be described as
- small coalitions based more on geography and class than on common economic interests
- National party conventions were developed as a reform of
- party caucuses
- In the Jacksonian era, for the first time a party system was built
- from the bottom up
- The first convention in American history was that of the __________ party
- Anti-Masonic
- The _______, a faction of Republican Party, were opposed to the patronage system and feared the influx of immigrants who could be incoroprated into the political machine
- Progressives
- The progressives favored all of the following except
- better relations with business
- In recent elections, ticket splitting has been most common in
- The South
- Party machines
- are characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity
- Which is the most accurate statement about political participation and political parties.
- the trend over the last 50 years has been a lessening of party loyalty, especially in national elections
- Today, a person wanting to win an election will most often seek the support of
- a personal following
- the most recent independent candidate for president who was able to get on the ballot in every state was
- Ross Perot
- The Libertarian and Socialist parties in the US are examples of
- ideological parties
- George Wallace's American Independent Party was an example of
- factional party
- The populist party is an example of an
- economic-protest party
- The platform of the Latin American party would be an example of an
- one issue party
- An ideaology which seeks to find equality of opportunity and a large government is the definition of which ideology?
- Liberal
- An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and inists on a sharply limited government is the definition for which ideology?
- Libertarian
- American political parties, unlike those of most other democratic nations, are closely regulated by
- State and federal laws
- Which of the following statements supports the elitist theory of US politics?
- to be elected, politicians must earn the support of a large cross section of the electorate
- Which of the following actions would most likely be supported by a politician who is considered to be a fiscal conservative
- less government enviornmental restrictions on businesses
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the graph above supports which of these statements - people with higher incomes are more likely to think of themsevles as conservative than are those with lower incomes
- Which of the following is the most accurate statement about political parties in the United States?
- the percentage of voters identifying themselves as either Democrat or Republican has been declining since the 1970s
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The chart above supports which of the following statements about partisanship - only in the highest income group are people moer likely to be republican then democrats
- the political parties that could be considered the closest ancestors to the modern republican party are the
- federalist and whigs