MMS Civics: Political Parties

A person’s ideas about how government should run and how issues should be solved

• majority party
• third party
• political views
• candidate

A person running for political office

• candidate
• Democrat
• platform
• public policy

The stand the government takes about how issues should be handled

• public policy
• political views
• candidate
• minority party

A political party other than Republican or Democratic

• candidate
• majority party
• third party
• political party

An organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence government

• platform
• third party
• political party
• candidate

Set of statements describing a party’s views on major issues

• platform
• third party
• candidate
• public policy

Which statement reflects Republican views on the role of government?

• Republicans favor less, lower taxes, and greater personal freedom.
• Republicans favor valued-based governance, opposing excessive consumption and unregulated competition.
• Republicans favor a national mass peoples' party, based on the working classes and against monopoly capitalism.
• Republicans favor more affordable health care, increased public funding for education, and an end to discrimination in all forms.

Which issue represents a basic disagreement between Democrats and Republicans?

• whether monopoly capitalism should be replaced by state ownership
• whether Americans should unite behind the nation against global terrorism
• whether higher levels of taxation should be imposed to pay for more public services
• whether current uses of natural resources should be radically replaced by a greater focus on future sustainability

This party is considered Liberal and favors MORE government responsibility.

• Republican
• Democratic
• Green
• Communist

This party is considered Conservative and favors LESS government responsibility.

• Democratic
• Green
• Republican
• Socialist