Chapter 8 Quiz
The Democratic Party's long-time regional stronghold, "the Solid South," stemmed from a realignment during which historical period?
A. Great Deperesion
Which demographic is key to the future of both parties?
A. Hispanic Voters
The MOST obvious sign of the party realignment of recent decades has been the strong tendency of
A. the South to vote Republican
The major emerging voting blocs are
B. Hispanics and young people.
What party has made big gains in recent decades among white fundamentalist Christians, based on its positions on topics like abortion and school prayer?
B. Republican
______________ is based on judgment about the past performance of an elected official or political party.
B. Retrospective voting
A candidate for which minor party in 1912 managed to earn more votes than one of his major party opponents?
C. Bull Moose
Which type of primary election is used by the most states?
C. Partially Open
The issue of slavery gave birth to the _____ Party as a major political party.
C. Republican
The first American Political parties emerged from the conflict between
C. small farmers and states' rights advocates, and those favoring commercial and wealthy interests.
Which of the following is an indication of strong party loyalty?
C. straight-ticket voting
It is relatively rare for a party nominee to get less than _____ percent of the partisan vote in a presidential or a congressional race.
D. 80
Which of the following groups is MOST closely aligned with the Democratic Party, voting more than 80 percent Democratic in presidential elections?
D. African Americans
Which one was NOT a major political party?
D. Grassroots
Which of the following is most likely to vote for the Republican Party?
D. Men
The main battleground for voters is
D. television
Which of the following are key players in the modern campaign?
E. All these answers are correct
___________ representation systems are those in which seats in the legislature are allocated according to each political party's share of the popular vote.
E. Proportional