Parties and Interest Groups Review

To endorse means

• to formally support
• to deny
• to influence public officials
• to remove from office

Party platform is best defined as

• Laws, rules, and regulations a government has regarding specific laws
• A set of goals supported by a party or candidate
• A stage at a debate
• It is the same as the definition for political party

Interest groups always seek to change public policy through electing candidates

• True
• False

A political party is different from an interest group because it is always focused on changing public policy through elections whereas interest groups may try to enact change in multiple ways

• True
• False

Third parties

• Serve as alternatives to the two major political parties
• Have trouble getting representation in government due to winner-take - plurality wins type elections in the U.S
• exist and there are lots of them, despite having little influence on most elections
• All of the above

Democrats tend to be more ________ and Republicans tend to be more ________.

• conservative; moderate
• Right; left
• liberal; conservative
• center; independent

Third parties tend to fall more to the center/moderate on the political spectrum

• True
• False

Which best defines the purpose of Political Action Committees (PACs)?

• To raise and donate money to political compaigns
• Develop yard signs and other campaign materials such as doorhangers
• To influence legislators through lobbying
• To organize people into a political party and run election campaigns