Political Parties

Which of the following is NOT a function of political parties?

• recruit candidates
• monitor officeholders (watchdog)
• create campaign slogans
• educate others about issues

A splinter party is:

• rooted in a period of economic discontent
• one that split away from one of the major parties
• focused on a single public question
• based on a particular set of beliefs

Which political party wants to keep the status quo? (keep things the same)

• Democract 
• Republican 
• Liberal 

Favor greater government support for those in poverty/with less money.

• Liberal 
• Conservative

Favor less government regulation of (involved in) the economy.

• Liberal
• Conservative

Often pro-choice (Abortion)

• Liberal
• Conservative

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

• platform
• public policy
• political views
• political candidate

Political party with the most elected members

• third party
• minority party
• platform party
• majority party

A political party other than Republican or Democratic

• Independent
• Winning party
• third party
• Democratic

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

• political party
• party platform
• public policy
• majority party