Question 1

Which voting demographic,despite being conservative on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage,sides heavily with the Democratic Party?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hispanics
B)  African Americans
C)  the middle class
D)  the affluent
E)  seniorsF) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

National party organizations can dictate the day-to-day decisions of

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A)  local party organizations only.
B)  state party organizations only.
C)  local and state party organizations.
D)  neither local nor state party organizations.
E)  party leaders in Congress.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 3

________ lost the 1964 presidential election in large part because his views were seen as too extreme.

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A)  James Weaver
B)  Jimmy Carter
C)  George McGovern
D)  Richard Nixon
E)  Barry GoldwaterF) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a single-issue party?

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A)  Populists
B)  Green Party
C)  Socialist Workers Party
D)  Libertarian Party
E)  Greenback PartyF) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

What was especially unusual about the "Era of Good Feeling"?

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A)  Political parties were banned.
B)  President Monroe ran unopposed in 1820.
C)  Jefferson's faction adopted the label "Republican."
D)  The president and vice president were from competing parties.
E)  Federalists won the election of 1820.F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

In 20th-century American history,the most important minor parties were ________ parties.

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A)  ideological
B)  single-issue
C)  factional
D)  reform
E)  non-alignedF) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

Negative campaigning in presidential elections was first used in

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A)  the early years of the country.
B)  Andrew Jackson's campaigns for the presidency.
C)  the 1860 election.
D)  the Depression years.
E)  the 1960s.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E) A

Question 8

Some analysts predict that soon the most important medium of election politics will be

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A)  television.
B)  the Internet.
C)  radio.
D)  newspapers.
E)  magazines.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

What does it mean when the text suggests that parties are "linkage institutions"?

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A)  They connect citizens with government.
B)  They create coalitions of like-minded voters.
C)  They link interest groups with government through monetary donations.
D)  They link America's political past with it's present.
E)  They provide policy continuity so that voters can understand what is at stake from one election to the next.F) B) and C)
G) A) and D) A

Question 10

Political parties in the United States originated partly as a political feud between

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A)  Marshall and Adams.
B)  Adams and Jackson.
C)  Lincoln and Douglas.
D)  Cleveland and Bryan.
E)  Hamilton and Jefferson.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

On average,how much money must a U.S.senator raise every week of his or her six-year term in order to acquire enough to launch a competitive bid for reelection?

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A)  $200
B)  $2,000
C)  $20,000
D)  $200,000
E)  $2,000,000F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 12

In 1992,________ won 19 percent of the popular vote in the presidential election.

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A)  Bill Clinton
B)  George H.W.Bush
C)  Ross Perot
D)  Pat Buchanan
E)  Ralph NaderF) B) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 13

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the United States' shift to candidate-centered campaigns.

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One advantage of candidate-centered camp...

Question 14

Local party organizations

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A)  typically concentrate on elections that are not defined by local boundaries.
B)  are more powerful today than at any time in history.
C)  have more power than their western European counterparts.
D)  are still important,but their role in congressional,statewide,or presidential campaigns is secondary to that of candidates.
E)  are unimportant in the political system today.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 15

The most obvious sign of the party realignment of recent decades has been the strong tendency of

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A)  the South to vote Republican.
B)  the Plains states to vote Republican.
C)  the West Coast to vote Democratic.
D)  Colorado to vote Democratic.
E)  the Midwest to vote Democratic.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

________ representation systems are those in which seats in the legislature are allocated according to each political party's share of the popular vote.

Accepted Answer

A)  Plurality
B)  Populist
C)  Minority
D)  Democratic
E)  ProportionalF) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

Why have the Democratic and Republican parties been so durable since the Civil War?

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Analysts believe that the durability of ...

Question 18

________ warned Americans of the "baneful effects" of factions (political parties) in his 1797 farewell address.

Accepted Answer

A)  James Madison
B)  Thomas Jefferson
C)  George Washington
D)  Andrew Jackson
E)  Abraham LincolnF) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 19

Explain how party coalitions in the U.S.reflect the nature of party competition.Does coalition formation tend to moderate or radicalize parties? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The overriding goal of a major American political party is to gain control of government by getting its candidates elected to office,which means that political compromise is essential.The major parties must appeal to different groups that may disagree on some issues; a reasonable amount of compromise is therefore necessary.The parties must also appeal to many of the same groups.The result is,in most circumstances though not all,a moderate form of political conflict in which the parties' coalitions overlap substantially in terms of the groups that comprise them.The median voter theorem encapsulates this idea by suggesting that the further a party drifts from the center,the more vulnerable it makes itself to losing voters to the other major party.

Question 20

Explain why the single-member district system of elections tends to promote a two-party system.Also,compare the single-member district system with proportional representation systems.

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In a single-member district system,each ...

Exam 8: Political Parties,candidates,and Campaigns: Defining the Voters Choice

Which voting demographic,despite being conservative on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage,sides heavily with the Democratic Party?

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National party organizations can dictate the day-to-day decisions of

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________ lost the 1964 presidential election in large part because his views were seen as too extreme.

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Which of the following is an example of a single-issue party?

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What was especially unusual about the "Era of Good Feeling"?

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In 20th-century American history,the most important minor parties were ________ parties.

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Negative campaigning in presidential elections was first used in

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Some analysts predict that soon the most important medium of election politics will be

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What does it mean when the text suggests that parties are "linkage institutions"?

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On average,how much money must a U.S.senator raise every week of his or her six-year term in order to acquire enough to launch a competitive bid for reelection?

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Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the United States' shift to candidate-centered campaigns.

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Local party organizations

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Why have the Democratic and Republican parties been so durable since the Civil War?

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________ warned Americans of the "baneful effects" of factions (political parties) in his 1797 farewell address.

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Explain why the single-member district system of elections tends to promote a two-party system.Also,compare the single-member district system with proportional representation systems.

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National party organizations can dictate the day-to-day decisions of

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________ lost the 1964 presidential election in large part because his views were seen as too extreme.

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