CH 8 Wrap it up
African Americans began to support the Democratic Party in large numbers as a result of President Franklin Roosevelt making what available to all citizens?
New Deal relief programs
During which period were the Democrats and Republicans very evenly matched in strength?
Post-Civil War period
Based on what you know about each party's core constituents, who would be most likely to vote for Democrats in the next election?
A person of Hispanic descent
A policy demander participates in a political party as an elected official serving in government.
False
At its national convention every four years, a political party chooses its congressional and gubernatorial candidates.
False
Swing voters are the 10 percent of voters who used to be Democrats but joined the Republican Party beginning in the 1960s.
False
Which early political party led by John Adams represented commercial interests such as merchants and large planters, and supported a strong national government?
Federalists
Eric opposes U.S. intervention in foreign conflicts. He also dislikes any type of regulation related to social issues such as smoking, same-sex marriage or media violence. What kind of Republican is he?
Libertarian Republican
In some states, the established major parties need to gather fewer signatures to place their candidates on the ballot than minor parties or independent candidates do.
True
Known as the unit rule, if a presidential candidate wins a plurality in a state, then that state's electoral votes
all go to that candidate.
There has been a decline in party loyalty since the 1900s, which is referred to as
dealignment
Historically, the longest-lived third parties have been those that
had strong ideological foundations.
In politics, when people first establish what it is that they want to believe, and only then assemble data and arguments to back up their conclusions, it is called
motivated reasoning.
What group is responsible for directing and coordinating national party activities between national conventions?
national committee
The two-party system is one in which
only two parties have a reasonable chance of winning.
A political party is best defined as a group of political activists who
organize to win elections, operate the government, and determine public policy
A Democratic senator in the 1970s is able to work with Republicans on drafting and passing legislation, but a Republican senator in 2018 is not. This is emblematic of
party polarization.
Steven identifies with the Republican party and usually votes for Republican candidates. His participation would be considered part of which group?
party-in-the-electorate
In 1968, Republican President Nixon successfully adopted a "southern strategy" aimed at drawing dissatisfied southern Democrats into the Republican Party. This is an example of
realignment
In 1912, the Republican national convention denied Theodore Roosevelt the presidential nomination, despite the fact that he had won most of the primaries. As a result, he formed the "Bull Moose" Progressive Party. This is an example of a
splinter party
Elsie is a Democrat and because of her strong party affiliation, she voted for the Democratic presidential candidate. On the other hand, she did not agree with the Democratic senate candidate's position on gun control; therefore, she voted for the Republican candidate. This is known as
split-ticket voting
The two-party system has dominated the American political landscape for more than two centuries because
state and federal laws favor the two major parties.
Susan is an elected representative who identifies herself as a Republican. Susan is an example of
the party-in-government
As the number of Hispanic immigrants and voters grow, the bigger the chances of southern, typically Republican states becoming Democratic. This demographic shift is called
tipping
Elections in which voters express dissatisfaction with one of the parties by pushing a great deal of support to the other is a
wave election.