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T4 ANSWERS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| one of the various ways in which parties contribute to democratic governance is by | nominating candidates |
| Which statement best describes the functioning of party machines in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? | parties provided jobs to urban electorates in exchange for votes |
| What best explains the demise of city patronage systems in the early twentieth century | progressive reforms and ethnic integration |
| Many political scientists speak of the “three-headed political giant” as a model for modern political parties. Which head refers to the formal structure that sets rules for party operations and provides services for various party units and candidates? | party as an organization |
| What must precede a major-party realignment? | critical election |
| The official, though ambiguously written, party __________ is/are ratified by delegates and leaders at the national party convention every four years but given little serious attention. | platform |
| The voters most likely to engage in ticket splitting are __________. | independents |
| From 1955 to 1976, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley ruled one of the most powerful political __________ in U.S. history. | machines |
| What changed in the demographics of the New Deal coalition after nearly four decades of political control? | southern whites began to defect from the democrats to the republicans |
| What is the most notable characteristic of state party systems in the United States? | all different |
| 11. Party realignments are rare and cataclysmic events in American political history. According to your text, when did the last one occur? | 1968 |
| The years 1860–1928 saw the ascendency of which party? | republicans |
| the U.S. national chairpersons for the Republicans and the Democrats recently agreed that their biggest headache was __________. | raising money |
| Which president forged the New Deal coalition? | franklin roosevelt |
| Richard Nixon’s __________ is widely credited with starting the march to the Republican Party in this former Democratic stronghold. | southern strategy |
| Party dealignment is associated with a rising number of __________. | independents |
| The loyal opposition in the era of Democratic President Andrew Jackson was the Whig Party, made up of two distinct factions, __________. | southern planters/ northern industrialists |
| The year 1969 in the United States brought the beginning of a new political era and __________. | realignment |
| Figure 8.3 indicates only two social groups that identify more readily with the Republican Party than the Democratic Party. What are they? | white evangelicals and the well to do |
| When can a party change its platform? | national party convention |
| According to Figure 8.1, The Downs Model, Republican and Democratic candidates have to be more __________ in their positions to win the votes of their party’s base. | extreme |
| European democracies have more parties in positions of political power than does the United States because of their __________. | proportional representation |
| The Democratic and Republican candidates for president are formally nominated by the __________. | national party conventions |
| In 2012, the amount an individual is legally allowed to contribute to a candidate’s campaign was __________. | 2500 |
| Researchers studying campaigns stress that campaigns have what three effects on voters? | reinforcement, activation, conversion |
| The McGovern-Fraser Commission made the delegate selection process of the Democratic party more democratic by __________. | delegate selection processes open |
| To run an efficient campaign, a candidate needs __ | number of volunteers |
| Which of the following was one of the requirements of the Federal Election Campaign Act? | all candidates for federal office must disclose who contributed $ |
| What is the phenomenon that people’s beliefs often guide what they pay attention to and how they interpret events? | selective perception |
| If you were a campaign manager, you could most likely count on votes from __________. | votes from your own party |
| How does party identification simplify the voting process? | provides cues to voters |
| Which of these is an electoral “earthquake” where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party is often displaced by the minority party? | critical election |
| The presidential nominee need not adhere to either the letter or the spirit of the __________, although most nominees stay fairly close. | party platform |
| How are critical elections and party realignments interrelated? | A party realignment occurs after one or more critical elections and may be associated with a national crisis. |
| A critical election is typically associated | electoral realignment |
| If you were a Democratic or Republican Party operative trying to attract voters who identify with a third-party candidate, what might be your best strategy | Bring those voters’ in by taking their side on the issues that attracted them to the third party candidate. |
| Ticket splitting can be an indicator of __________. | dealignment |
| Which demographic group currently most closely identifies with the Democratic Party? | african americans |
| Which has partly filled in the void of the urban party machine? | suburban county parties |
| Why does the United States have a two-party system? | developed in struggles between federalists/ democratic republicans |
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