APG Ch.14 Reading Check

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A political party unites people with shared goals of all the following types EXCEPT goals: economic, ideological, social, financial.

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financial

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In a given election area (a county, a congressional district, a state, etc.), a high amount of directly correlates with high degrees of

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straight-ticket voting, party identification

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A party platform is best described as:

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a set of positions and policy objectives that members of a political party agree to.

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Recruitment is best described as:

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the process through which political parties identify potential candidates

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Parties seek to build a(n) consisting of voters who will continue to support the party’s policies and, more important, vote for the party’s candidates

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party coalition

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In the 1930s, African Americans abandoned the Republican Party, the party of Lincoln, to vote in increasing numbers for the Democrats. This change BEST exemplified the concept of:

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realignment

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A critical election is:

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a major national election that signals a change in the balance between two parties.

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Over a long period of time, depending on which party or parties control Congress and the presidency and how long they have done so, the United States can be described as being either in a(n) or in a(n)

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party era, era of divided government

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What describes the current Republican Party coalition?

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dominated by a fringe right wing movement led by Donald Trump

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Who can vote in the New York Democratic primary if New York is a closed-primary state and the registered voters are Pedro (Democrat), Melissa (Republican), Jada (Libertarian), and Abdul (Socialist)?

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Pedro only