Govt. chapters 8-11 (Test 3)

Which of the following groups are currently most likely part of the democratic coalition?

1. White middle class 2. Fundamentalist Christians 3. 18-29 year olds 4. Union members 5. African Americans Answers: 3,4,5

The clearest example of a party coalition are African Americans, ___ of whom vote for democrats regularly.

80%

A reason political parties have emerged whenever democracy has been established is that

Political parties provide individuals a way to join together in order to exercise their collective influence

A permanent shift in party allegiances or electoral support is known as a party___

Realignment

Which are the major political parties in the US?

Republican and Democratic parties

The Republican party has advocated for a

Smaller government that performs fewer social welfare functions

On a ___, citizens vote for canadidates from different parties

Split- Ticket

Which two political parties were competitive during the first party system?

The Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

The main opposition to the democratic party in the 1830s and 40s was the ____ party, which died out

The Whig party

How did many of the founders of the US view political parties?

They viewed them with suspicion

Split-ticket voting

Voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election

Which of the following best describes the voting electorate after the expansion of voting rights during the Jacksonian era?

1. All males 2. All white males who owned property 3. All white males 4. All white citizens Answer: 3

Which of the following voting blocs has moved heavily into the Democratic party since the 1960s?

1. Black Americans 2. Catholics 3. Corporate managers 4. Rural mid-westerners Answer: 1

Even if a third party candidate fails to win an election, the candidate has still done which of the following to help the third party succeed?

1. Convinced voters that third parties are viable choices in future elections 2. Drawn attention to an issue previously ignored by the two major parties 3.Encouraged the major parties to address issues introduced by the third party Answers: 2,3

Which of the following characteristics of political campaigns have undergone change?

1. Focus of the campaign 2. Number of major parties 3. Number of candidates per office 4. Amount of money required 5. Length of the campaign Answers: 1,4,5

Basic elements of a realignment:

1. The emergence of unusually powerful and divisive issues 2. An election contest or contests in which the voters shift their partisan support 3. An enduring change in the parties' policies and coalitions

Which of the following led to the start of the political party realignment in the 1930s that worked to the benefit of the democratic party?

1. The great depression 2. the roaring 20s 3. world war 1 4. world war 2 Answer: 1

When a realignment in the electorate occurs, which of the following occurs?

1. The parties reorganize themselves 2. Anew political party is always created 3. An old political party always dies out 4. New legislative boundaries are established Answer: 1

In order to have the best chance to win a two-party system, political parties normally...

Align themselves near the middle of the voting spectrum

Third parties that break off from one of the two dominant parties are known as

Factional parties

Since 1968 the republican party has been weaker at the national level than it was in the decades after the great depression, true or false?

False

Which president was elected under his promise that he would do something about the great depression?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Which two candidates for president lost in overwhelming landslides in part because they diverged too far from the middle of the ideological spectrum?

George McGovern and Barry Goldwater

Organizations that nominate and seek to elect candidates to government office are known as

Political parties

Countries with multiparty systems tend to have what kind of electoral system?

Proportional- representation system

The civil war triggered a party realignment. What were the two major parties following this realignment period?

The Republican and Democratic parties

True of false? The median voter theory helps to explain why a party may lose an election when it veers too far from the middle of the ideological spectrum

True

Straight ticket

Voting for candidates who are all of the same party