GOVT 2305 Political Parties

Since the 1930s, most African Americans have identified as ____

Democrats

_____warned Americans against the dangers of political parties in his farewell address

George Washington

Solid support for the Republican Party currently comes from the ______

South and mountain west

The establishment of the Republican Party is a good example of _____

external mobilization

Organizing for America is a

group that mobilizes grassroots support for Obama's legislative agenda

Which of the following statements about parties is true?

The national leadership of the Republican Party supports less regulation of business

Which of the following is NOT a problem solved by political parties

limiting the influence of "factions"

The idea of "unequal democracy" refers to the fact that

lower-income citizens have little representation by either party, except when their opinions overlap with more-affluent citizens

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, strong and often corrupt urban political party organizations were called _____

machines

Soft money is

money contributed directly to political parties and other organizations at the state and local levels for political activities that is not regulated by federal campaign spending laws; in 2002 federal law prohibited unregulated donations to national party committees

The Federalist party disappeared, in part, as a result of ______

The war of 1812

Which of the following groups is most likely to support the Republican parties

The wealthy

A party's platform is best understood as a

negotiated agreement among the various factions in the party.

Which of the following is NOT accomplished at a party's national convention?

nomination of Senate and House candidates

During the nineteenth century, party machines depended heavily on ____ in order to reward loyal party supporters

patronage

internal mobilization occurs when

political conflicts within government create divided factions that try to mobilize popular support

Third-party candidates are better off under _____

proportional representation

One important cause of the two-party system in the United States is

single-member electoral districts

A political party is an organization

that tries to influence the government by getting its members elected to office.

_____are independent, nonprofit groups that received and distribute funds to influence the nomination, election, and/or defeat of a candidate

the 527 committees

During the early nineteenth century, the Jeffersonian Party's main base of strength was in _____

the South

Dealignment refers to

the decline of partisan attachment within the electorate, the growth in the number of voters identifying themselves as independents, and the rise of split-ticket voting.

America's ___developed during the early nineteenth century

two-party system

In the United States, party identification

varies significantly by income, race, and gender.

Historically, realignments occur

when new issues combine with economic or political crises to mobilize new voters and persuade large numbers of voters to reexamine their traditional partisan loyalties.

The 527 committees are different from 501(c)(4) organizations because

501(c)(4) organizations do not have to publicly report who their donors are and how much they gave

The United States has had ____ party system since 1789

6

In 2008, about ____ percent of Latino Americans voted for Barack Obama

67

Which of the following groups is NOT currently a strong source of support for the Republican Party?

African Americans

____referred to himself as a "New Democrat" in the 1990s

Bill Clinton

The first party system was characterized by conflict between the _____ and the ______

Federalists; Jeffersonian Republicans

The ____ Party originated from internal mobilization

Jeffersonian

The alien and sedition acts

Made it illegal to criticize the government

Party activist are _____ likely to contribute time to party affairs and ______ likely to hold more extreme views then the part's rank and file holders

More;more

Which of the following statements about party building is true?

Republicans have paid much more attention to party building than Democrats since the Eisenhower presidency

Men in the United States are ______ the _____ party

Sam wants more likely to support; Republicans

The campaign funds raised and spent by 501(c)(4) organizations are called "dark money" because

donors and amounts contributed do not have to be made public