AP GoPo Political Parties

All of the following are linkage institutions except for

• Congress

• elections

• political parties

• media

• interest groups

The primary goal of a political party is to

• act as the loyal opposition to the party in power

• draft a platform

• inform the public

• win elections

One of the major changes in the impact of parties is

• the influence of money in political campaigns

• candidate-centered elections

• public resistance to moderate politicians

• the rise of several very successful third parties

The practice of ticket-splitting is more common in 

• Republicans
• Democrats
• Libertarians
• Independents

To belong to a political party in America, you

• must take a test
• register with the party
• just believe!
• swear an oath

The party organization is most impactful at which level?

• national

• state

• local/grassroots

• national convention headquarters

It was the voting bloc made up of Southerners, northern urban dwellers, Catholics, union members, African-Americans, and women.

• Dixiecrats
• New Deal Coalition
• Tea Party
• loyal oppostion

The official statement of a party's policy goals, released as party of the national party convention, is known as

• grassroots organization
• the party in the electorate
• the party platform
• the party pyramid

The strongest and most accurate prediction of HOW a person will vote is

• party identification

• ethnicity

• geography

• gender

America's earliest party system developed over political differences between

• Hamilton and Washington
• Jefferson and Hamilton
• Madison and Hamilton
• Madison and Monroe