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How many parties other than Republican or Democratic have won at least one electoral vote in the last forty-five years?

0

The United States relies on how many major political parties?

2

The fact that President Obama or Speaker Boehner may win media attention and national organizers issue party platforms, but state and local party leaders largely run their own organizations, tells us that

American parties are highly decentralized.

The Fifth Party System was defined by

Franklin Roosevelt

Another name for the Republican Party is

Grand Old Party

In 1896 the Republican Party was tagged the

Millionaires Party

Which of the following is NOT one of the five jobs of political parties?

Parties get executive approval for their candidates.

_____ dominated elections between 1864 and 1880.

Republicans

African-Americans were drawn to the Democratic Party as a result of

Roosevelt's employment programs

The most successful third party candidate was

Theodore Roosevelt

The only third-party presidential candidate to come in second was

Theodore Roosevelt

The only third party that elected some 15 members to Congress and spearheaded important reforms was

Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party.

Division between political parties can lead to

bitter partisanship, gridlock, fewer public officials

The party system that the U.S. is in now is marked by

close elections

In the early 1850s the strongest party against slavery, the Whigs _____.

collapsed

Which of the following is NOT a prominent Republican factions?

deficit hawks

Which of the following is NOT a reason electoral realignment can take place?

discord among party workers over fundraising methods

Which term describes a period when at least one house of Congress is controlled by a party different from that occupying the White House?

divided government

The Grand Old Party (GOP), long-standing nickname for the Republican Party, is represented by a

elephant

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic introduced by the new party era?

emphasis on big business

Roosevelt's New Deal focused on jobs, infrastructure, government aid to the elderly, temporary assistance for the needy, and new federal government agencies, and marked the

fifth party system (1933-1972).

The first Republicans supported

free labor

The issue over which political parties were born was

how strong the central government should be

Most governors who do not claim membership in one of the two major parties claim to be

independents

_____ are surging in party identification.

independents

Countries with clear multiparty systems include

india

An advantage of the two-party system is

it is predictable

The first time the White House changed party hands was the election of

jefferson

The winner-take-all electoral rules

keep third parties out.

A disadvantage of the two party system is

less representative

What is the political philosophy that aims to minimize government in the name of personal freedom?

libertarian

What type of relationship do Americans have with political parties?

love-hate

A new party system means

new politics

The party in control of the Sixth Party system is the

none of the above

When a third party cause becomes popular what usually happens?

one of the major parties adopts it

What is the term for a viewpoint that reflects a political party's principles or position on an issue?

partisanship

A predictor of voting is

party identification

What is the term for a strong attachment to one political party, often established at an early age?

party identification

What is the term for a hierarchical arrangement of party workers, often organized in an urban area to help integrate immigrants and minority groups into the political system?

party machine

What is the written statement of a party's core convictions and issue priorities?

party platform

Broad organization of US politics, comprising the two main parties, the coalition of supporters backing each, the positions they take on major issues, and each party's electoral achievements, is called the

party system

What is the term for the portion of a political party's organization that comprises elected officials and candidates for office?

party-in-government

What is the name for organizations with public followings that are designed to win elections, often by promoting a set of principles?

political parties

Who organizes voters around the major questions of the day?

political parties

What is the term for education about how the government works and which policies one should support: provided partly at school, partly by party officials and other national institutions?

political socialization

Minnesota elected a third party governor from the _____ Party.

reform

Prohibition was supported by

republicans

The antislavery party was the

republicans

Political partisanship is

rising

According to Ronald Reagan government is the _____ of the problems.

source

What is the term for someone who votes for at least one candidate from each party, splitting his or her ballot between the two (or more) parties?

split-ticket voter

When a candidate breaks out of the two-party system they are referred to as a

spoiler

The distribution of government jobs in the Second Party System was known as the

spoils system

Democrats encompass very different groups that include all EXCEPT

traditionalists.

In the pre-Civil War Period Democratic Party officials exchanged basic services for

votes

The second presidential election was won by

washington

In the 1820s the Democratic-Republicans split into the Democratic Party and the

whigs

What is the electoral system in which the candidate (or slate of candidates) receiving the most votes wins the seat (or set of seats)?

winner take all