AP Government Chapter 7 & 8
MoveOn and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are both examples of
A. 527 groups
The Democratic Party's long-time regional stronghold, the Solid South, stemmed from a realignment during which historical period?
A. Civil war era
Most states conduct _____ primaries.
A. Closed
Organizationally, the U.S. major parties are
A. Decentralized and weak
Which of the following statements about the patronage system is true?
A. It was a means of rewarding party workers for their loyalty
Roughly how much of campaign spending is devoted to producing and airing political advertisements?
A. One half
The function that the national party organizations perform in relation to congressional candidates can best be described as a
A. Service role—helping candidates conduct their personal campaigns
The adoption of voter identification cards by several states
A. Will likely cause a decline in voter turnout
Voter registration in the United States
B. Has been a device by which officials have discouraged some groups from voting
The U.S. federal system affects the party system by
B. Hindering the creation of strong party organizations organized from the top down
In recent presidential elections, which party's platform has supported school prayer and been opposed to abortion?
B. Republican
Voter identification cards find the most support among
B. Republicans
_____ is based on judgment about the past performance of an elected official or political party.
B. Retrospective voting
Regarding state party organizations, the day-to-day operation is usually the responsibility of the
B. State Chairperson
The greatest blow to the organizational strength of U.S. parties was
B. The direct primary
Unlike in many other democracies, elections in the United States are traditionally held on
B. Tuesdays
The poll tax was outlawed in federal elections by the
B. Twenty-fourth amendment
One of the reasons why voter turnout is lower in the United States than in Western European countries is that
B. U.S. registration laws place a greater burden on the individual
Which group of Americans has the lowest rate of voter turnout?
B. Younger people (30 years-of-age or less)
_____ was a realigning election
C. 1932
In 1912 a candidate for which minor party managed to earn more votes than one of his major party opponents?
C. Bull Moose
Candidate-centered politics is least characterized by a heavy reliance on
C. Door-to-Door canvassing
Women gained the right to vote
C. Early in the twentieth century
In American history, the most important minor parties have been _____ parties.
C. Factional
Andrew Jackson's contribution to the development of political parties was the
C. Formation of a new type of grassroots party organization
_____ is associated with the era of good feeling.
C. James Monroe
Candidate-centered politics encourages all of the following except
C. Long-term consistency in policymaking
The issue of slavery gave birth to the _____ party as a major political party.
C. Republican
Which of the following does not indicate a weakening of partisan ties?
C. Straight-ticket voting
_____ provides no free television time to political parties and allows candidates to purchase air time.
C. The United States
The major reason for the persistence of the American two-party system is
C. The existence of single-member election districts
The first American political parties emerged from the conflict between
C. The interests of small landholders and those favoring commercial and wealthy interests
About 95 percent of all political activists in the United States work at
C. The local level
All of the following are characteristic of a realigning election except
D. A very close electoral result
Which of the following groups is most closely aligned with the Democratic Party, voting more than 85 percent Democratic in presidential elections?
D. African Americans
Prospective voting is characterized by
D. Choices based on an awareness of the candidates' positions on various issues
The frequency of elections in the United States reduces voter turnout by
D. Increasing the personal effort needed to participate in all elections
The Democratic coalition today includes the following groups except
D. The Christian coalition
_____ does not have a competitive multiparty system.
D. The United States
If a minor party gains a large following, it is almost certain that
D. The major parties will try to capture its supporters
Advantages that Republicans and Democrats have over minor party candidates include
E. All of these answers are correct
During the twentieth century, American parties lost their complete control over
E. All of these answers are correct
Political parties serve
E. All of these answers are correct
Which of the following are key players in the modern campaign?
E. All these answers are correct
Which of the following groups is not typically a part of the Democratic coalition?
E. Fundamentalist Christians
Political parties in the United States originated with a political feud between
E. Hamilton & Jefferson
The American tendency toward _____ encourages the two major parties to build broad coalitions.
E. Moderation
Party de-alignment is
E. None of these answers is correct
The history of democratic government is virtually synonymous with the history of
E. Political parties
_____ elections tend to draw the largest percentage of voters.
E. Presidential