Chapter 8 Smartbook

Which of the following states have closed/partially closed primaries?

Florida Nevada North Carolina

Opposition to slavery gave rise to which party?

Republican Party

In politics, what do linkage institutions do?

They connect citizens with government.

Even if a third-party candidate fails to win an election, the candidate has still done which of the following to help the third party succeed?

encouraged the major parties to address issues introduced by the third party drawn attention to an issue previously ignored by the two major candidates

In the era of Jacksonian democracy, the efforts of local party organizations, along with the extension of voting rights to citizens without property, contributed to an almost ______ increase in election turnout.

fourfold

Political parties began to emerge in the United States

in spite of many of the founding fathers' mistrust of them.

Which of the following characteristics of political campaigns have undergone change?

length of the campaign amount of money required focus of the campaign