True
True/False: the two major parties in the United States are election-oriented rather than issue oriented
False
True/False: a coalition is a group of political leaders that endorses a particular candidate
True
True/False: the function that most clearly sets political parties apart from other political groups operating in the United States is the nomination of candidates for elective office
True
True/False: most federal appointments to executive offices are made on a partisan basis
False
True/False: one of the most important functions of the party in power is the "watchdog" function
True
True/False: split-ticket voting has increased in recent decades
False
True/False: the adoption of the direct primary in the early 1900s strengthened party unity
False
True/False: PAC's have made candidates less dependent on party organizations
True
True/False: in recent decades, there has been a sharp increase in the number of voters who regard themselves as independents
gain control of the government through the electoral process
A political party is a group of persons who join together in order to...
legislative and executive branches
Under the system of separation of powers, political parties are usually the agents that prompt cooperation between the...
ratification of the Constitution
The two-party system in America goes back to the...
Americans share basic political ideals
The statement that "Americans are an ideologically homogenous people" refers to the fact that...
Policies designed to help farmers and planters
What was supported by the Democratic-Republicans?
Southerners
What group was not part of the coalition that backed the post-Civil War Republican Party?
Republican, sectional
The critical election of 1890 was a ____ victory that signaled an end to divisive _____ conflicts.
won many elections, been long lived
Although ideological parties have not ____, they have _____.
single-issue parties
The Free Soil party, the "Know Nothing" party, and the Right-to-Life party are all examples of...
splinter parties
Most of the important minor parties in the nation's history have been...
the president
The automatic leader of the party in power is...
The party organization, the party's loyal voter, and the party's officeholders
What are the three main elements of the two major parties in terms of their members?
political party
A group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office
major parties
The Democratic and the Republican parties
partisanship
Government action based on firm allegiance to a political party
party in power
the party that controls the executive branch of government; i.e., the presidency at the national level, or the governorship at the State level
minor party
one of the political parties not widely supported
two-party system
a political system dominated by two major parties
single-member district
Electoral district from which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected office
plurality
In an election, the number of votes that the leading candidate obtains over the next highest candidate
bipartisan
supported by two parties
pluralistic society
A society which consists of several distinct cultures and groups
consensus
General agreement among various groups on fundamental matters; broad agreement on public questions
multiparty
A system in which several major and many lesser parties exist, seriously compete for, and actually win, public offices
coalition
A temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a government
one-party system
a political system in which only one party exists
incumbent
the current officeholder
faction
a conflicting group
electorate
all of the people entitled a vote in a given election
sectionalism
A narrow-minded concern for, or devotion to, the interests of one section of a country
ideological parties
Parties based on a particular set of beliefs, a comprehensive view of social, economic, and political matters
single-issue parties
Parties that concentrate on only one public policy matter
economical protest parties
Parties rooted in poor economic times, lacking a clear ideological base, dissatisfied with current conditions and demanding better times
splinter parties
Parties that have split away from one of the major parties