Ch. 8 Political Parties
On average, how much money must a U.S. senator raise every week of his or her six-year term in order to acquire enough to launch a competitive bid for reelection?
$20,000
The election of ________ was a realigning election.
1932
Television first became a major medium for campaign ads during the
1960s.
Ticket splitting was MOST prominent during which decade?
1970s
Abraham Lincoln was first elected in 1860 with ________ percent of the popular vote.
40
It is relatively rare for a party nominee to get less than ________ percent of the partisan vote in a presidential or a congressional race.
80
Which of the following are key players in the modern campaign?
All these answers are correct. campaign consultants, fundraising specialists, media consultants, pollsters
During the twentieth century, American parties lost their exclusive control over
All these answers are correct. financing, nominations, the staffing of government jobs, platforms.
________ lost the 1964 presidential election in a landslide because his views were seen as too extreme.
Barry Goldwater
A candidate for which minor party in 1912 managed to earn more votes than one of his major party opponents?
Bull Moose
The Democratic Party's long-time regional stronghold, "the Solid South," stemmed from a realignment during which historical period?
Civil War era
________ warned Americans of the "baneful effects" of factions (political parties) in his 1797 farewell address.
George Washington
Political parties in the United States originated partly as a political feud between
Hamilton and Jefferson.
Which demographic is key to the future of both parties?
Hispanic voters
In the recent elections, which voting demographic has become a more cohesive voting bloc and has sided heavily with the Democratic Party, seeing it as more closely aligned with their interests?
Hispanics
________, a Populist, won electoral votes in six states in the presidential election of 1892.
James B. Weaver
________ is associated with the Era of Good Feeling.
James Monroe
Which of the following is an accurate representation of the public's opinion about leaders and their accountability?
Most citizens have a low opinion of Congress as a whole but say they have confidence in their local representative in Congress.
All of the following use top-two primaries EXCEPT
New York
What was especially unique about the "Era of Good Feeling"?
President Monroe ran unopposed in 1820.
________ representation systems are those in which seats in the legislature are allocated according to each political party's share of the popular vote.
Proportional
The issue of slavery gave birth to the ________ Party as a major political party.
Republican
What party has made big gains in recent decades among white fundamentalist Christians, based on its positions on topics like abortion and school prayer?
Republican
________ is based on judgment about the past performance of an elected official or political party.
Retrospective voting
In 1992, ________ won 19 percent of the popular vote in the presidential election.
Ross Perot
The main battleground for votes is
TV
The most recent party realignment had a realigning election in
The most recent party realignment had no single realigning election.
________ does not have a competitive multiparty system.
USA
James Carville and Roger Ailes are both examples of
campaign strategists who have earned legendary reputations.
Prospective voting is characterized by
choices based on what candidates promise to do if elected.
Organizationally, the U.S. major parties are
decentralized and fragmented.
In twentieth-century American history, the most important minor parties were ________ parties.
factional
Andrew Jackson's contribution to the development of political parties was the
formation of a new type of grassroots party organization.
Which of the following groups is NOT typically a part of the Democratic coalition?
fundamentalist Christians
National party organizations can dictate the day-to-day decisions of
neither local nor state party organizations.
If a minor party gains a large following, it is almost certain that
one or both major parties will absorb its issues, and the minor party will lose support.
The winner-take-all system is also known as the ________ system.
plurality
The history of democratic government is virtually synonymous with the history of
political parties.
Which of the following was NOT part of the 2016 Democratic Party platform?
privatizing social security
At the state level the central committees
provide only general policy guidance for the state organizations.
A(n) ________ party is a minor party that bases its appeal on the claim that the major parties are having a corrupting influence on government and policy.
reform
The first American political parties emerged from the conflict between
small farmers and states' rights advocates, and those favoring commercial and wealthy interests.
Regarding state party organizations, the day-to-day operation is usually the responsibility of the
state chairperson.
Which of the following is an indication of strong party loyalty?
straight-ticket voting
The MOST obvious sign of the party realignment of recent decades has been the strong tendency of
the South to vote Republican.
Which of the following represents the greatest blow to the organizational strength of U.S. parties?
the direct primary
The major reason for the persistence of the American two-party system is
the existence of single-member election districts.
Democrats and Republicans have endured as the two major U.S. parties primarily due to
their ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
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.
Hillary Clinton was the first ________ ever chosen as the presidential nominee of a major party.
woman