Political Parties & Ideology

The two major parties in the United States are...

• issue oriented

• principle oriented

• election oriented

• corruption oriented

Each political party attempts to form a __________________, or a union of people with diverse interests who have joined together to try to get candidates elected to public office. In multi-party systems, a ______________ is needed to govern the country.

• coalition

• splinter party

• plurality

• majority

A __________________ consists of several groups and cultures. Increasingly, members of various ethnic, racial, religious, and other social groups compete for and share in the exercise of political power in this country.

• political society

• singular society

• pluralistic society

• oligarchic society

Voting for candidates of both political parties for different offices in the same election is called

• Straight ticket voting

• Single ticket voting

• protest voting

• split ticket voting

A function of political parties that guarantees to voters that a political party candidate is qualified, will

follow party principles, and will do well in office:

• nominating function

• informer-stimulator function

• government function

• seal of approval function

The political party function in which the party “out of power” (or the loyal opposition) is a critic to the party in power is the…

• seal of approval function

• watchdog function

• government function

• nominating function

The political party function where parties nominate, or name, candidates for public office is called what?

• the watchdog function

• the government function

• the nominating function

• the seal of approval function.

The political party function of modifying and compromising contending views to help unify a diverse group of interests in their own party is called what?

• the umbrella function

• the government function

• the nominating function

• the seal of approval function.

The element of a political party that comprises the party's office holders at all levels of government. This is called the Party _________________.

• in the electorate

• in government

• organization

In political party history, the period from 1968-Present is known as the ____________________. It describes a situation in which one party controls the White House and another party controls one or both houses of the United States Congress.

• Era of Democrats

• Era of Republicans

• Return of the Democrats

• Era of Divided Government