Chapter 8

Which of the following are key players in the modern campaign?

e. All of these answers are correct

All of the following use top-two primaries EXCEPT

nEW YORK

All of the following are characteristic of a party realignment EXCEPT

A very close electoral result

Which of the following groups is MOST closely aligned with the Democratic Party, voting more than 80 percent Democratic in presidential elections?

African Americans

American party organizations

Are still important, but their role in campaigns is secondary to that of candidates.

___ lost the 1964 presidential election in a landside because his views were seen as too extreme.

Barry Goldwater

James Carville and Roger Ailes are both examples of

Campaign strategists who have earned legendary reputations

Prospective voting is characterized by

Choices based on what candidates promise to do if elected

The Democratic Party's long-time regional stronghold, "the Solid South," stemmed from a realignment during which historical period?

Civil War era

Political parties serve to

Connect citizens with government b. Enable people with different backgrounds and opinions to act together c. Offer the public a choice between policies and leaders d. Provide a way for like-minded leaders and citizens to work together e. All of these answers are correct

Which of the following was NOT part of the 2016 Republican Party platform?

Cuts in military spending

Organizationally, the U.S. major parties are

Decentralized and fragmented

___ was the only Republican elected president from 1932 to 1964

Dwight Eisenhower

In twentieth-century American history, the most important minor parties were ___ parties

Factional

Andrew Jackson's contribution to the development of political parties was the

Formation of a new type of grassroots party organization

Which of the following groups is NOT typically a part of the Democratic coalition?

Fundamentalist Christians

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

George Washington

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

Greenback Party

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

Hamilton and Jefferson

The major emerging voting bloc are

Hispanics and young people

___, a Populist, won electoral votes in six states in the presidential election of 1892.

James B. Weaver

__ is associated with the Era of Good Feeling

James Monroe

About 95 percent of all pollical activists in the United States work at

LOCAL LEVEL

Which of the following is an accurate representation of the public's opinion about leaders and their accountability?

Most citizens have a low opinion of Congress as a whole but say they have confidence in their local representative in Congress

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

Neither local nor state party

During the twentieth century, American parties lost their exclusive control over

Nominations b. Financing c. Platforms d. The staffing of government jobs E. All of these answers are correct

Negative television campaign ads

Now constitute the largest share of political ads

If a minor party gains a large following, it is almost certain that

One or both major parties will absorb its issues, and the minor party will lose support

The main reason for the high cost of American political campaigns is the cost of

Paying for media ads

The winner-take- all system is also known as the ___ system

Plurality

Th history of democratic government is virtually synonymous with the history of

Political parties

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

President Monroe ran unopposed in 1820

Which of the following was NOT part of the 2016 Democratic Party platform?

Privatizing social security

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

Proportional

At the state level the central committees

Provide only general policy guidance for the state organizations

A(n) ___ party is a minor party that bases its appeal on the claim that the major parties are having a corrupting influence on government and policy

Reform

The issue of slaves gave birth to the ___ Party as a major political party

Republican

What party has made big gains in recent decades among white fundamentalist Christians, based on its positions on topics like abortion and school prayer?

Republican

___ is based on judgment about the past performance of an elected official or political party

Retrospective voting

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

Ross Perot

The first American political parties emerged from the conflict between

Small farmers and states 'rights advocates, and those favoring commercial and wealthy interests

Regarding state party organizations, the day-to- day operation is usually the responsibility of the

State chairperson

Which of the following is an indication of strong party loyalty?

Straight-ticket voting

The main battleground for votes is

Television

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

The Internet

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

The South to vote Republican

Which of the following represents the greatest blow to the organizational strength of U.S. parties?

The direct primary

Negative campaigning in presidential elections was first used in

The early years of the country

The major reason for the persistence of the American two-party system is

The existence of single-member election districts

The most recently party realignment had a realigning election in

The most recent party realignment had no single realigning election

Democrats and Republicans have endured as the two major U.S. parties primarily due to

Their ability to adapt to changing circumstances

Proportional representation systems encourage the formation of smaller parties by enabling parties to

Win legislative seats even though they do not receive a majority of votes in elections

Hillary Clinton was the first ___ ever chosen as the presidential nominee of a major party

Woman