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.