Ch 9 Fed Govt Inquizitive

Watch the animation, and then complete the following statement. The state with the highest turnout in presidential primaries is usually (1). The state with the highest turnout in presidential caucuses is usually (2).

1) New Hampshire 2) Iowa

Put these major moments in the history of American political parties in order from earliest to latest.

1) The Federalists represent New England merchants and argue for protective tariffs 2) The Democrats and Whigs become two major political parties 3) The Republican party comes into existence 4) The NEW Deal realignment leaves the Democratic party dominate for several decades

The transfer of national (1) money to state and local organizations has led to (2) integration between state and national parties.

1) soft 2) more

What happens during an electoral realignment?

A new party supplants the ruling party

Why can it be difficult to find quality candidates to run for office?

Candidates expect to have their lives scrutinized during a campaign. Party leaders are rarely willing to offer monetary support unless a candidate can raise some funds on his or her own. Even running for a lower office requires raising large sums of money.

Match the following issues to the party in government whose leaders emphasize them. Democrats Republicans

Democrats -expanding social services spending -increased regulation of business Republicans - tax relief for corporations and upper-income voters - maintaining high levels of military spending

Which of the following statements are true regarding political independents?

Each independent voter tends to support one party more than the other. A bit more than one-third of the electorate identifies as independent.

The Democrats and Republicans have grown more similar in terms of their policy positions over the last fifty years.

False

Within each demographic group (gender, age, race, and income) in the following chart, identify which members of the group tend to have the greatest proportion of support for the Republican Party.

Gender- Men Age- 50-65 Race- white Income- 75k

Which of the following statements about political party platforms are correct?

Party platforms represent the image the party wants to cultivate for itself. Party platforms represent compromises by the various groups in the party.

Match the ideology with the party. -liberal -conservative

Republican -conservative Democrat -liberal

Label the following groups with the political party that has traditionally appealed to them.

Republicans - religious and social conservatives - business owners Democrats -organized labor -racial minorities

Why are third parties often short-lived?

The major parties absorb their programs and their popular ideas.

Which two (possibly contradictory) statements best reflect the current state of parties in the electorate?

There are more independent voters now than ever before. Party identification has gotten stronger among active voters.

What is the key feature that makes American political parties different from interest groups?

They try to control the government by winning elections

National conventions no longer spend much time on debating the selection of the presidential nominee for their party.

True

What do we call the meetings where political or legislative groups get together to select candidates, plan strategy, and make decisions regarding legislation?

caucus

To prevent having multiple candidates from the same party confusing voters in a general election, political parties take which of the following actions?

hold nomination elections

Which of the following are the three fundamental problems of democracy that political parties solve?

mobilizing voters regulating the number of people seeking office accomplishing legislative goals

The "New Deal" Coalition that developed in the 1930s system was eventually undone by conflicts over which of the following issues?

the Vietnam War civil rights