PS 1 chapter 8 quiz

Political parties serve to link the public with its elected leaders. enable people with different backgrounds and opinions to act together. offer the public a choice between policies and leaders. provide potential leaders an opportunity to attain public office. All these answers are correct.

All these answers are correct.

________ lost the 1964 presidential election in a landslide because his views were seen as too extreme. Jimmy Carter James Weaver George McGovern Barry Goldwater Richard Nixon

Barry Goldwater

Which of the following is an accurate representation of the public's opinion about leaders and their accountability? Most citizens do not feel that their local representatives in Congress should be held accountable for the votes they have to make in order to stay in line with their party's platform. Most citizens have a high opinion of Congress as a whole, but say they have little confidence in their local representative in Congress. Most citizens have a high opinion of both Congress as a whole and their local representative in Congress. Most citizens have a low opinion of Congress as a whole, but say they have confidence in their local representative in Congress. Most citizens have a low opinion of Congress as a whole and also of their local representative in Congress.

Most citizens have a low opinion of Congress as a whole, but say they have confidence in their local representative in Congress.

Party dealignment is essentially the same as party realignment. a process that has discouraged the formation of third parties. a process that has strengthened the major parties. a process that refers to American political parties in the early 1800s. None of these answers is correct.

None of these answers is correct.

What was especially unique about the "Era of Good Feeling"? President Monroe ran unopposed in 1820. Political parties were banned. The president and vice president were from competing parties. Federalists won the election of 1820. Jefferson's faction adopted the label "Republican".

President Monroe ran unopposed in 1820.

The issue of slavery gave birth to the ________ party as a major political party. Whig Democratic Republican Populist Federalist

Republican

________ is based on judgment about the past performance of an elected official or political party. Prospective voting Retrospective voting Split-ticket voting Straight-ticket voting None of these answers is correct.

Retrospective voting

Organizationally, the U.S. major parties are centralized and weak. decentralized and strong. no longer in operation. centralized and strong. decentralized and fragmented.

decentralized and fragmented.

Andrew Jackson's contribution to the development of political parties was the formation of the Republican Party. formation of the Federalist Party. introduction of primary elections. formation of a new type of grassroots party organization. forging of a coalition of Democrats and Whigs.

formation of a new type of grassroots party organization.

Which of the following is an indication of strong party loyalty? split-ticket voting a focus on candidate charisma and personal style an increase in independent voters the influence of short-term issues and candidates straight-ticket voting

straight-ticket voting

The major reason for the persistence of the American two-party system is the existence of single-member election districts. the existence of state laws prohibiting the placement of a third major party on the ballot. regional conflict. proportional representation. that there are naturally only two sides to political disputes.

the existence of single-member election districts.

About 95 percent of all political activists in the United States work at the national and state levels. the national level. the state level. the local level. Republican and Democratic party headquarters.

the local level.

The election of ________ was a realigning election. 1932 1872 1976 1960 1840

1932

Regarding state party organizations, the day-to-day operation is usually the responsibility of the central committee. state chairperson. national chairperson who oversees all state party organizations. state governor or top leaders in the legislative branch. None of these answers is correct.

state chairperson.

Proportional representation systems encourage the formation of smaller parties by enabling parties to share in patronage appointments, which serve as an incentive to lure campaign workers. win legislative seats by lottery for parties that have no chance of winning majority support. win legislative seats even though they do not receive a majority of votes in elections. receive campaign funds from government in proportion to their support in opinion polls. advertise on television.

win legislative seats even though they do not receive a majority of votes in elections.