political science

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

1/2

ticket splitting was most prominent during which decade?

1970s

political parties in the US originated partly as a political feud between

Hamilton and Jefferson

Which of the following provides an example of a factional party?

The New Vision Party split from a major party over disputes about that party's trade policies

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the system of election if the US

it follows a plurality system in which the candidate w/ the most votes in a district wins the office

National party organization can dictate the day-to-day decisions of

neither local nor state party organizations

A state allows independents and sometimes voters of the other party to vote in a party's primary. Only restriction they can't vote on more that one party's primaries.

open-primary

Moira identifies strongly w/ the Democratic Party. Even thought she doesn't like the recent performance she uses this type of voting

straight-ticket

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

the existence of single-member election districts

proportional representation systems encourage the formation of smaller parties by enabling parties to

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