AP Government Chapter 7 & 8

MoveOn and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are both examples of

A. 527 groups

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

A. Civil war era

Most states conduct _____ primaries.

A. Closed

Organizationally, the U.S. major parties are

A. Decentralized and weak

Which of the following statements about the patronage system is true?

A. It was a means of rewarding party workers for their loyalty

Roughly how much of campaign spending is devoted to producing and airing political advertisements?

A. One half

The function that the national party organizations perform in relation to congressional candidates can best be described as a

A. Service role—helping candidates conduct their personal campaigns

The adoption of voter identification cards by several states

A. Will likely cause a decline in voter turnout

Voter registration in the United States

B. Has been a device by which officials have discouraged some groups from voting

The U.S. federal system affects the party system by

B. Hindering the creation of strong party organizations organized from the top down

In recent presidential elections, which party's platform has supported school prayer and been opposed to abortion?

B. Republican

Voter identification cards find the most support among

B. Republicans

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

B. Retrospective voting

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

B. State Chairperson

The greatest blow to the organizational strength of U.S. parties was

B. The direct primary

Unlike in many other democracies, elections in the United States are traditionally held on

B. Tuesdays

The poll tax was outlawed in federal elections by the

B. Twenty-fourth amendment

One of the reasons why voter turnout is lower in the United States than in Western European countries is that

B. U.S. registration laws place a greater burden on the individual

Which group of Americans has the lowest rate of voter turnout?

B. Younger people (30 years-of-age or less)

_____ was a realigning election

C. 1932

In 1912 a candidate for which minor party managed to earn more votes than one of his major party opponents?

C. Bull Moose

Candidate-centered politics is least characterized by a heavy reliance on

C. Door-to-Door canvassing

Women gained the right to vote

C. Early in the twentieth century

In American history, the most important minor parties have been _____ parties.

C. Factional

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

C. Formation of a new type of grassroots party organization

_____ is associated with the era of good feeling.

C. James Monroe

Candidate-centered politics encourages all of the following except

C. Long-term consistency in policymaking

The issue of slavery gave birth to the _____ party as a major political party.

C. Republican

Which of the following does not indicate a weakening of partisan ties?

C. Straight-ticket voting

_____ provides no free television time to political parties and allows candidates to purchase air time.

C. The United States

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

C. The existence of single-member election districts

The first American political parties emerged from the conflict between

C. The interests of small landholders and those favoring commercial and wealthy interests

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

C. The local level

All of the following are characteristic of a realigning election except

D. A very close electoral result

Which of the following groups is most closely aligned with the Democratic Party, voting more than 85 percent Democratic in presidential elections?

D. African Americans

Prospective voting is characterized by

D. Choices based on an awareness of the candidates' positions on various issues

The frequency of elections in the United States reduces voter turnout by

D. Increasing the personal effort needed to participate in all elections

The Democratic coalition today includes the following groups except

D. The Christian coalition

_____ does not have a competitive multiparty system.

D. The United States

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

D. The major parties will try to capture its supporters

Advantages that Republicans and Democrats have over minor party candidates include

E. All of these answers are correct

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

E. All of these answers are correct

Political parties serve

E. All of these answers are correct

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

E. All these answers are correct

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

E. Fundamentalist Christians

Political parties in the United States originated with a political feud between

E. Hamilton & Jefferson

The American tendency toward _____ encourages the two major parties to build broad coalitions.

E. Moderation

Party de-alignment is

E. None of these answers is correct

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

E. Political parties

_____ elections tend to draw the largest percentage of voters.

E. Presidential