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a.
minor parties
l.
two-party system
b.
one-party system
m.
plurality
c.
planks
n.
political party
d.
run-off primary
o.
primary
e.
minority party
p.
majority party
f.
electorate
q.
multiparty system
g.
coalition
r.
canvasses
h.
nomination
s.
consensus
i.
single-member district system
t.
third parties
j.
solidarity
u.
independents
k.
party platform
v.
party identifiers
 

 1. 

References to a _____ are usually to a political party other than the Democratic and Republican parties. These are often created by dissatisfied members of the major parties. Political analysts monitor them to learn about political trends, and they also permit dissident groups to express themselves. Sometimes the formation of these parties forces the major parties to address troublesome issues.
 

 2. 

A _____ government is one in which two or more political parties or factions have banded together, usually temporarily, for the purpose of winning an election and controlling the government. Their alliance makes them stronger and more influential than they would have been separately.
 

 3. 

The document that lays out a political party's policies, principles, and stands on the important issues. The platform committee drafts a new _____ at every national convention, and the document must be approved by the entire assemblage before it becomes effective.
 

 4. 

The party that holds over half the seats in the legislature.
 

 5. 

Voters who do not regularly identify themselves with a political party or support candidates of a particular party.
 

 6. 

All the citizens entitled to vote in a given election.
 

 7. 

Political parties that are less widely supported in a governmental system. In the United States any party other than one of the two major parties (Republican and Democratic) is considered a _____.
 

 8. 

Communications undertaken to solicit information or political support. Volunteer citizens often help their political parties by distributing campaign literature door-to-door and asking people to vote for their candidates.
 

 9. 

A _____ occurs when none of a party's candidates win a majority in elections for national nominations. The top two candidates in the first election then have a second election to determine the winner
 

 10. 

The party with fewer members in each house of Congress
 

 11. 

Issues or beliefs that make up a political party's platform
 

 12. 

General agreement among the citizenry on an issue.
 

 13. 

Mutual agreement within a group
 

 14. 

An electoral system in which three or more political parties compete for public offices.
 

 15. 

A _____ is the total number of votes the winning candidate receives above his or her next closest competitor. It does not constitute a majority. Most local, state, and national elections permit election based on achieving this.
 

 16. 

People who think of themselves as belonging to a particular party but who do not actively participate in party efforts
 

 17. 

A _____ is a state election at which party members choose delegates to attend presidential nominating conventions. The election is by direct vote.
 

 18. 

A _____ is a group of political activists who gather together and organize to win elections, take control of the government, and decide on public policy. Examples are the Libertarian Party and the Democratic Party.
 

 19. 

A party's naming and endorsing of a particular person as a candidate for public office
 

 20. 

An electoral system in which only a single political party exists, is legal, or has any chance of winning elections.
 

 21. 

Since about 1800, the United States has had a _____ of politics, meaning that only these have a reasonable chance of winning an election. The reasons for this are mainly because most Americans have the same political views, the historical basis of the country's political system lent itself to _____ dominance, state and federal laws encourage the _____, and the winner-take-all election system is difficult for smaller parties to break into.
 

 22. 

A method of election in which only one candidate can win election to each office.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 23. 

Which is NOT an example of an issue-oriented party?
a.
Free Soil Party
c.
Bull Moose Party
b.
U.S.A. Green Party
d.
Prohibition Party
 

 24. 

A local unit of a party organization
a.
U.S. Committee on parties
c.
Federal Ward
b.
National Committee
d.
Ward
 

 25. 

A list of candidates for various offices that belong to one political party.
a.
presidential electors
c.
party ticket
b.
cross-over ballot
d.
party pork-barrel
 

 26. 

The Whig Party was generally absorbed into the
a.
Democratic Party
c.
Federalist Party
b.
Democratic-Republican Party
d.
Republican Party
 

 27. 

The Democratic Party of Andrew Jackson was a coalition of
a.
debtors, merchants, and frontiersmen
c.
small farmers, debtors, frontiersmen, and slaveholders
b.
farmers, planters, bankers, and frontiersmen
d.
bankers, merchants, and industrialists
 

 28. 

Many splinter or personality parties form
a.
when their leader dies or gets elected
c.
to bridge the differences between the major parties
b.
to elect a specific person
d.
to broaden the coalition of the major party
 

 29. 

_____ is the main idea or philosophy that guides a social movement, institution, or individual. It is usually comprehensive and logical. In relation to government, it is a set of ideas and beliefs about human nature and the role of government.
a.
ritual
c.
rumination
b.
ideology
d.
prejudice
 

 30. 

The party's nominees for president and vice president are called its
a.
plank
c.
ticket
b.
ward
d.
platform
 

 31. 

Which is NOT an example of a splinter or personality party?
a.
Bull Moose Party
c.
States' Rights Party
b.
Libertarian Party
d.
American Independent Party
 

 32. 

The two men generally considered to be the leaders of the Whigs were
a.
Abraham Lincoln and James C. Fremont
c.
Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams
b.
Andrew Johnson and Thomas Jefferson
d.
John Adams and Alexander Hamilton
 

 33. 

The type of election that shows a permanent shift in the popular base support of the parties, and usually a shift in the relative strength of the parties, is called a
a.
mandate
c.
reorganizing forum
b.
realigning election
d.
coalition
 

 34. 

Which is NOT a type of minor party?
a.
splinter or personality parties
c.
ideological parties
b.
broad consensus parties
d.
issue-oriented parties
 

 35. 

When a person votes for for all the candidates of a single political party, it is called a
a.
mandate
c.
straight ticket
b.
referendum
d.
split-ticket
 

 36. 

The first American political party to go out of existence was the
a.
Federalists
c.
Democratic-Republicans
b.
Anti-Masonic Party
d.
Whigs
 

 37. 

The minimum hourly wage that workers must be paid as determined by the federal government.
a.
federal hourly wage
c.
federal maximum wage
b.
maximum wage
d.
minimum wage
 

 38. 

A valuable role of minor parties is that they
a.
can take bold stands on issues
c.
all of these
b.
give frustrated and alienated voters a place to go
d.
bring important issues to the public's attention
 

 39. 

One of the main tools of corrupt political parties and politicians, it is the use of government employment and contracts to reward loyalty and service. Jobs are usually offered regardless of talent or effective bidding. It was the currency of the powerful party machines of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
a.
welfare
c.
social security
b.
public workfare
d.
patronage
 

 40. 

Retirement plans giving people money after they stop working.
a.
AARP
c.
survivors benefits
b.
SSS
d.
old-age pensions
 

 41. 

An election in which the electorate turns away from the dominant party and replaces it with a new dominant party.
a.
general election
c.
realigning election
b.
electoral election
d.
primary election
 

 42. 

Political groups with a variety of interests and opinons that are drawn together to win an election or to run a government are called
a.
the loyal opposition
c.
the ruling party
b.
coalitions
d.
nonpartisan
 

 43. 

In the United States, political parties are
a.
closely knit and highly organized
c.
organized from the top down
b.
fragmented and decentralized
d.
ideologically rigid
 

 44. 

In most state party organizations, the state chairperson is
a.
elected by the voters
c.
chosen by the party's central committee
b.
the party's candidate for governor
d.
chosen by the National Executive Committee
 

 45. 

The smallest voting district at the local level.
a.
precinct
c.
Assembly district
b.
county district
d.
ward
 

 46. 

Individual who directs the work of the party national committee
a.
national party chairman
c.
Speaker of the House
b.
Majority Leader
d.
President of the Senate
 

 47. 

Minor parties do not generally win elections because
a.
they have few members
c.
the American people have a habit and tradition of voting for the two major parties
b.
of all of the above
d.
they cannot raise money for campaigns
 

 48. 

The political party leaders who direct party business during the time between the national party conventions. The group leads the party's national organization
a.
Senate cloakroom committee
c.
national party committee
b.
governmental caucus
d.
National electors
 

 49. 

The person chosen to manage the day-to-day operations of the party's national headquarters is the
a.
national chairperson
c.
secretary of state
b.
general secretary
d.
president
 

 50. 

The party-in-government component consists of
a.
party members who hold public office
c.
party members who actually voted
b.
party members who hold positions in the bureaucracy
d.
everyone who voted for the winning party
 

 51. 

National political party conventions are held every
a.
four years
c.
eight years
b.
two years
d.
six years
 

 52. 

Which is NOT a function of American political parties?
a.
They run campaigns
c.
They link people to the government
b.
They exclude the public from determining the nation's agenda
d.
They pick candidates
 

 53. 

Declarations of the party's beliefs and positions on major issues are called
a.
conventions
c.
planks
b.
platforms
d.
ideologies
 

 54. 

An election to choose a party's candidate or nominee is
a.
general election
c.
referendum
b.
endorsement
d.
primary
 

 55. 

People who are uncommitted to either political party are called
a.
partisans
c.
straight-ticket voters
b.
bullet voters
d.
independents
 

 56. 

Single-member district elections
a.
frequently produce no winner
c.
are basically undemocratic
b.
encourage write-in candidates
d.
make it difficult for an independent or minor party candidate to win
 

 57. 

A political subdivision within a city is called a
a.
poll
c.
convention
b.
commission
d.
ward
 

 58. 

From the Civil War to the Great Depression, the dominant party in the United States was the
a.
Democrat
c.
Federalist
b.
Whig
d.
Republican
 

 59. 

Party organizations in the cities during the period from the Civil War to World War II were generally called
a.
wards
c.
polls
b.
caucuses
d.
machines
 

 60. 

Each major party holds one every four years to choose its presidential and vice presidential candidates. At this meeting, each party also writes, revises, and ratifies its platform; conducts party business; and elects a national committee.
a.
party constitutional convention
c.
party caucus
b.
national convention
d.
national caucus
 

 61. 

The type of minor party that is formed to support a particular set of beliefs or political doctrine is called a(n)
a.
ideological party
c.
splinter or personality party
b.
issue-oriented party
d.
consensus party
 

 62. 

In a multiparty system, parties tend to be organized around
a.
ethnic groups
c.
different beliefs or interests
b.
strong leaders
d.
an ideological consensus
 

 63. 

The first political factions in America were formed to
a.
support or oppose the ratification of the Constitution
c.
support or oppose the election of George Washington
b.
support or oppose the abolition of slavery
d.
support or oppose the War of 1812
 



 
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