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CHAPTER 8: POLITICAL PARTIES
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1)Political parties in other nations are
a) much weaker than those in the USc) much more formal organizations than those in the US
b) usually controlled by the national governmentd) more numerous than in the US
2)The 'party in government' refers to
a)Voters, who are free to affiliate with any political party any time they wish
b)Partly members, who perpetuate the party as formal organization.
c)Winning candidates, who become the main spokespersons for the party that elected them.
d)Coalitions of interest and ideologies, which support a party's candidates.
3)By helping to put people's policy preferences on the government's agenda, the political party
a) Demands party loyaltyc) Serves as a linkage institution.
b) Affects public opinion.d) Establishes a coalition
4)An example of a critical election is
a)The Republican Party era between 1860 and 1932.
b)The elections of two Democratic presidents between 1860 and 1932
c)Party realignment over the issue of slavery in the 1860's.
d)Both a and b
5)The Republican Party rose to prominence in the late 1850's as the
a) Party of the wealthy elite.c) Gold standard party
b) Antislavery party d) Party of the rural farmers
6)Between the 1930's and the 1960's, people attracted to the Democratic party included.
a)Urban working classes and intellectuals.
b)Northerners and the rich
c)Blacks and ethic minorities
d)Both a and c
7)The split-level party refers to
a)A party that is ever stronger at the elite level and weaker still at the mass level.
b)The difference between national, state and local organizations.
c)The tendency of the major parties to incorporate the policies of third parties.
d)The difference between presidential party politics and state-level politics.
8)The work of the McGovern-Fraser Commission appointed during the turbulent Chicago
Convention of 1968 was a reflection of concern over
a)The Democrats' image as a party of representation
b)The Republicans' image as a party of regeneration
c)The declining strength of Democratic power in Congress and state governorships
d)The catastrophic defeat of Goldwater in 1964.
9)According to the text, today
a)The Democratic Party has relaxed its affirmative action requirements and makes use
of many superdelegates.
b)Democratic delegates tend to be more conservative on issues than the party's rank-in-file members
c)Republican delegates tend to be more liberal than the party's rank-in-file
d)All of the above.
10)The two major groups of loyalist in the Republican party are
a)Wealthy elites and farmersc) Enterprisers and moralists
b)Union members and the elderlyd) Registered voters and college graduates.
11)A party organized around a single issue, and extreme ideology, or a splinter group of another party is called
a) A second front b) A third party c) a multiparty system d) Ticket-splitting
12)If the United States had a multiparty system,
a)Each party would have more distinct policy positions
b)People would have to pay dues to belong to a party
c)Third parties would become to dominate politics
d)The necessity for a coalitions would be eliminated
13)The political "party-in-the-electorate" is defined as people who
a)Register as members of a partyc) Vote for the candidates from one party
b)Identify with a partyd) Work for a party's candidates
14)The trend in party identification in America over the last 30 years has shown an increase in
a)Republican identifiersc) Independents
b)Democratic identifiersd) Both Republican and Democratic identifiers.
15)Power in the major U.S. political parties is
a)Hierarchically distributed from the national to local levels.
b)Centralized in national party organizations.
c)Concentrated in party machines at the local level
d)Fragmented among local, state and national party organizations
16)Politicians often give jobs to their supporters. This is called
a) Graft b) Nonpartisanshipc) Patronage d) A political machine
17)The job of nominating the presidential and vice-presidential candidates and writing the party's platform
a) National Convention b) National Committee c) National Chairperson d) Electorate
18)The policy positions stated in party platforms are
a)Very important because nearly three-fourths of them result in policy action when the party is in power
b)Of some importance because they are unambiguous statements on where a party stands.
c)Of little importance because only 10 to 25 percent of the positions are acted upon by government
d)Intended to get a candidate elected, not to be implemented.
19)Dealignment means the
a)Increasing inability of minority parties to win elections
b)Decreasing influence of both parties on voters and government
c)Lack of party cohesion in Congress
d)Realignment of party coalitions
20)A sign of hard times for party power is
a)the increase in party dealignmentc) the increase in ticket-splitting
b)the tendency for incumbents to be reelectedd) Both a and c
TRUE AND FALSE: There are four false statements
21)The core function of the major political parties in America is to win elections.
22)Because political parties exist in the electorate, as an organization, and in government, they may be seen as linkage.
23)In our fragmented government, political parties are necessary to coordinate policymaking among the branches of government.
24)According to the Downs Model, 'rational' parties match the policy preferences of the majority of voters.
25)Throughout our party history, one party has been the dominant majority party for long periods of time.
26)The process by which the majority party is displaced by the minority party in a critical election is called party realignment.
27)Thomas Jefferson founded the modern American political party by forging a new Democratic coalition in the election of 1828.
28)Critical elections resulting in party realignment and the inauguration of a new party era have been historically linked to such crises as the Civil War and the Great Depression.
29)The basic elements of the New Deal coalition were Protestant, whites, white-collar workers, Northerners, and upper classes.
30)Despite party reforms, delegates to the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement, the New Deal coalition has remained.
31)Despite party reforms, delegates to the Democratic national convention tend to be more liberal on issue than the party's rank-and-file members.
32)The anti-Masonic, Populist, and American Independent parties are examples of third parties that had an impact on past key elections.
33)The two-party system encourages parties to take ambiguous stands on trivial as well as controversial issues in order to avoid alienating members of their coalitions.
34)Because of the autonomy of state and local party organizations, party organization at the national level can be characterized as 'politics without power.'
35)While local party organization and power weakening in America's cities, state party organizations are growing stronger
36)The states are important elements in the national party system because they are proving grounds of national politics and politically ambitious politicians.
37)In theory, the supreme power of a political party lies in its national chairperson.
38)Voters and coalitions of voters are attracted to the parties mainly through the policy promises and performance of parties.
39)The growing independence of both voters and politicians from the parties and the decline of party identification are signs that we may be in an era dealignment.
FILL IN THE BLANK:
40)The battle of the parties for control of public office is called party ______.
41)Anthony Downs defined a ______as a team of people seeking to control the governing apparatus by gaining office in a duly constituted election.
42)Institutions that work toward translation public opinion into public policies- such as parties, elections and interest groups- are called ______.
43)The model of how political parties should work that asserts parties should offer clear choices to voters and carry out their campaign promises is the ______model.
44)According to Down's Model, a political party that expresses the views of the largest percentage of voters is a
______party.
45)A long period of time in which one party remains the dominant majority party is called party ______.
46)The process of a minority party replacing a majority party during a critical election period is called party ______
47)A group of individuals or a group of groups that support a political party on the basis on common interest is called a ______.
48)In America, a political party founded on a single issue, a specific ideology, or a splinter group of another party is called a ______.
49)______is the term for citizens' self-proclaimed preference for one or the other political party.
50)A ______is a kind of local party organization that is highly centralized and relies on patronage and other inducements to win support.
51)The practice of giving jobs or awarding contracts for political reasons rather than for merit or competence alone is called ______.
52)In national party organization, the group composed of representatives from the states and territories, which keeps the party operating between conventions, is called the ______.
53)______is the practice of voting with one party for some offices and another party for other offices on an election ballot
54)The disengagement of voters and politicians from the parties, as shown in the decline of party identification, is called party ______.
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
55)party realignment, party dealignment, and party neutrality
56)McGovern-Fraser commission, superdelegates, and Republican party technology
57)winner-take-all system and proportional representation
58)coalition government and responsible party model
59) national convention, national committee, and national chairperson