A.   established by the Constitution to nominate candidates.

B.   that tries to influence the government by getting its members elected to office.

C.   that collects fees from its members in order to pay the salaries of government officials.

D.   that falls under section 501(c)(4) of the U.S. tax code.

A.   a system that is not partisan.

B.   a system with responsible political parties.

C.   a system of interest groups instead of parties.

D.   a patronage system.

A.   candidates can only win elections if they receive a majority of the overall votes.

B.   seats in the legislature are allocated to political parties based on their share of the total vote cast in the election.

C.   each political party receives an equal number of seats in the legislature.

D.   every candidate who receives above a certain percentage of the vote (usually set at 20%) is awarded a seat in the legislature.

A.   a system, laid out in the Constitution, that calls for only two major parties to compete in most elections

B.   a system in which political parties tend to form factions within themselves, that is to say, a single political party forming a liberal and a conservative wing

C.   a system in which political parties act at two levels; a local level more responsive to members, and a national level more responsive to country-wide interests and groups

D.   a system in which only two parties have a realistic opportunity to compete effectively for control

A.   the political opinions of the country’s citizens.

B.   whether the country’s media outlets are publicly or privately owned.

C.   whether election campaigns are publicly or privately financed.

D.   the country’s electoral system and rules.

A.   Redlining

B.   Message bundling

C.   Micro-targeting

D.   Winnowing

A.   Although national conventions prior to World War II were primarily media events to promote the candidate the party had already selected, today’s conventions are devoted mostly to debating and negotiating about who the party’s nominee will be.

B.   There has been very little change in national party conventions over time, as they have always served mostly as media events to promote the candidate the party has already selected.

C.   There has been very little change in national party conventions over time, as they have always been primarily devoted to debating and negotiating about who the party’s nominee will be.

D.   Though national conventions prior to World War II were primarily devoted to debating and negotiating about who the party’s nominee would be, today’s conventions serve mostly as media events to promote the candidate the party has already selected.

A.   soft money

B.   Super PAC committees

C.   caucuses

D.   patronage

A.   civil service reform and the institution of the merit system mean that party leaders can no longer control who is appointed to government jobs.

B.   local, state, and the federal governments have decreased in size to the point that almost no jobs are available to distribute as patronage.

C.   the Supreme Court ruled in 1943 that party machines cannot qualify as tax-exempt organizations.

D.   so many Americans identify as so-called independents rather than as members of one of the political parties.

A.   determining committee assignments for members of Congress.

B.   enhancing the party’s media image.

C.   minimizing disputes within various parts of the party.

D.   raising campaign funds for party candidates.

A.   majority party.

B.   Speaker of the House.

C.   Republican Party.

D.   minority party.

A.   racial minorities; government workers

B.     

C.   White working-class voters; educated upper-middle-class professionals

D.   educated upper-middle-class professionals; White working-class voters

E.   White working-class voters; racial minorities

A.   the gender gap.

B.   party polarization.

C.   the partisan gap.

D.   the party divide.

A.   older White voters

B.   young Asian American voters

C.   Latino voters

D.   African American voters

A.   Federalists; Jeffersonian Republicans

B.   Whigs; Federalists

C.   Whigs; Jeffersonian Republicans

D.   Whigs; Democrats

A.   Federalists; Jeffersonians

B.   Democrats; Whigs

C.   Federalists; Whigs

D.   Democrats; Republicans

A.   eastern bankers, southern planters, and wealthy merchants

B.   eastern mining interests, southern merchants, and small farmers

C.   northern bankers, landowners, and factory workers

D.   western mining interests, small farmers, and urban workers

A.   Ronald Reagan

B.   Barry Goldwater

C.   Richard Nixon

D.   Franklin Delano Roosevelt

A.   divided government.

B.   party polarization.

C.   party unity voting.

D.   unified government.

A.   these issues are important to the middle class, whose support both parties compete for.

B.   these are the only issues that remain to be solved by elected officials.

C.   the Constitution limits the federal government’s powers to legislate on these issues, necessitating an electoral solution.

D.   these are the only problems that have yet to be solved by the free market.

A.   first-past-the-post voting.

B.   strategic voting.

C.   top-to-bottom voting.

D.   ranked-choice voting.

A.   the Second Party System

B.   the Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans party system

C.   the First Party System

D.   the Civil War Party System.

A.   identification.

B.   ideology.

C.   opinion.

D.   tradition.

A.   identification with or support of a particular party

B.   the pointless political fighting between the two parties that serves no purpose

C.   official acts and behaviors of political parties

D.   the process by which a political party is formed

A.   equally responsive to the preferences of the different classes.

B.   more responsive to the preferences of the upper and middle classes than the lower class.

C.   more responsive to the preferences of the lower and upper classes than the middle class.

D.   more responsive to the preferences of the lower and middle classes than the upper class.

A.   patronage.

B.   partisanship.

C.   micro-targeting.

D.   Duverger’s Law.

A.   Whigs and the Antifederalists.

B.   Federalists and the Whigs.

C.   Federalists and the Jeffersonian Republicans.

D.   Federalists and the Washingtonian Democrats.

A.   the Constitution’s requirement for bipartisanship in Congress.

B.   multimember electoral districts.

C.   proportional representation.

D.   single-member, winner-take-all electoral districts.

A.   seats in the House of Representatives and Senate are allocated to political parties based on their share of the total vote cast in the election.

B.   a candidate can win an election only if he or she wins a majority of the popular vote.

C.   a candidate must win both a primary election and a general election before taking office.

D.   the candidate with the most votes wins, even if he or she did not win a majority of the popular vote.

A.   a political system is only really a two-party system if other parties beyond the main two are legally prohibited.

B.   a political system that only has two major political parties is more reflective of and responsible to voters’ preferences.

C.   a political system with single-member districts and plurality rule elections will tend to result in a two-party system.

D.   unless a political system adopts strict majoritarian requirements for winning elections, the system will drift into a multiparty democracy.

A.   how to regulate the number of people seeking public office, how to mobilize voters, and how to achieve the majorities needed to accomplish legislative goals once in office

B.   how to incorporate young people into the political system, how to convince citizens to trust the government, and how to minimize fiscal shortfalls

C.   how to increase the number of people seeking office, how to generate widespread consensus about political problems, and how to limit corruption in government

D.   how to create economic growth, how to protect freedom of speech, and how to achieve equal treatment under the law

A.   primary

B.   party

C.   convention

D.   caucus

A.   take nominations for leadership positions within the party.

B.   vote on the party’s platform.

C.   raise money to spend on the party’s preselected candidate for the general election.

D.   select a single candidate to represent the party in the general election.

A.   redrawing each congressional district’s lines.

B.   forming a committee within Congress to determine campaign strategy.

C.   recruiting additional candidates to run for office.

D.   ensuring that citizens are registered to vote.

A.   year and attended by delegates from all 50 states.

B.   four years and attended by delegates from all 50 states.

C.   four years and attended only by delegates from states that voted for the party’s candidate in the last presidential election.

D.   two years and only attended by delegates from states that voted for the party’s candidate in the last presidential election.

A.   exclude voters from the nomination process in primary and caucus elections.

B.   to nominate the candidate for the national election.

C.   to make partisan appointments to Congress and control the party nomination

D.   to set the rules for primary and caucus elections as a national committee.

A.   there are limits to party insiders’ control of the presidential nomination process.

B.   party elites play an outsized role in the presidential nomination process.

C.   only the most active members of the Republican Party voted in the 2016 primaries.

D.   primary elections do not work to select a candidate for public office.

A.   money

B.   jobs

C.   tax cuts

D.   tariffs

A.   growing levels of air pollution produced from rapid industrialization.

B.   disenfranchisement of women.

C.   excessive power, corruption, and abuses of party machines and their bosses.

D.   system of legal segregation in southern states.

A.   the elite-level members of a party who determine which organizational moves to make

B.   the organized meeting in which a party selects its candidate for presidency and adopts the party platform

C.     

D.   the formal structure of a political party, including leadership, election committees, members, and paid staff

E.   the on-the-ground party members who help organize elections and mobilize voters

A.   ending enforcement of all immigration laws, banning abortion, and eliminating income taxes

B.   banning abortion, eliminating military spending, and raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations

C.   maintaining high levels of military spending, tax relief for upper-income voters, and reducing corporate taxes

D.   expanding funding for education, public spending for infrastructure, and raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations

A.   idea capitalist.

B.   policy entrepreneur.

C.   whip.

D.   venue shopper.

A.   Democratic Party

B.   American Independent Party

C.   Bull Moose Party

D.   Republican Party

A.   independents.

B.   Democrats.

C.   libertarians.

D.   Republicans.

A.   overwhelmingly committed to; Republican

B.   somewhat more likely to support; Democratic

C.   somewhat more likely to support; Republican

D.   overwhelmingly committed to; Democratic

A.   Northeast and South.

B.   South, Great Plains, and Mountain West.

C.   South, Northeast, and Midwest.

D.   Northeast, Midwest, and West.

A.   a candidate is declared the winner if he or she wins a majority of first-place votes.

B.   there are always at least three separate rounds of voting.

C.   there are always at least two separate rounds of voting.

D.   a new election is conducted if no candidate receives a majority of first-place votes.

A.   9

B.   12

C.   6

D.   2

A.   Alexander Hamilton being killed by Aaron Burr.

B.   Lincoln’s election in 1860.

C.   the War of 1812.

D.   the Civil War.

A.   slavery

B.   industrialization

C.   the admission of California into the Union

D.   the death of Andrew Jackson

A.   Whig; Federalist

B.   Republican; Democratic

C.   Federalist; Whig

D.   Democratic; Republican

A.   Populist

B.   Whig

C.   Democratic

D.   Republican

A.   Roosevelt’s inability to unite the upper and lower middle-classes.

B.   the Great Depression.

C.   Nixon’s popularity with African Americans.

D.   internal party conflicts over civil rights and the Vietnam War.

A.   religious conservatives and working-class Whites

B.   Jews and unionized workers

C.   Latinos and the business community

D.   African Americans and upper-class intellectuals

A.   nominating a presidential candidate

B.   increasing voter turnout and win back Congress

C.   adopting more of President Trump’s policies to coopt his support.

D.   changing the party’s platform to focus most on Democratic loyalists

A.   the Civil War Party System

B.   the System of 1896

C.   the First Party System

D.   the Contemporary Party System

A.   Bush tax cuts.

B.   System of 1896.

C.   “southern strategy.”

D.   Voting Rights Act of 1965.

A.   Another third-party candidate would win the election.

B.   The Democratic candidate would win the election.

C.   Hillary Clinton would have lost the election.

D.   The Republican candidate would win the election.

A.   social and economic interests that are disregarded by the two major parties for certain reasons.

B.   recent immigrants.

C.   extremist religious groups.

D.   the political interests of America’s allies, who attempt to influence the American decision-making process because U.S. policies can affect their futures.

A.   Ranked-choice voting has been implemented in some countries (such as Australia) and in a handful of American states and cities.

B.   A handful of American states and cities have implemented ranked-choice voting, but it has never been tried in any other democracy.

C.   Ranked-choice voting has never been implemented in the United States or any other democracy.

D.   Ranked-choice voting has been implemented in some countries (such as Australia) but has never been tried in the United States.