Political Parties and Campaigning

All of the following are functions of political parties except:

• Recruit Candidates

• Monitor Officeholders

• Educate about campaign issues

• Assign Electors

The President comes to Virginia to help a member of his political party campaign for the United States Senate. The President is--

• Helping the Candidate Win

• Monitoring the actions of officeholders

• Educate about issues

• Creating Bias

Which headline shows the monitoring of officeholders?

• Democratic Party presents new platform for the next election

• The Republican Party Accuses Representative Wilson of Tax Evasion

• The Green Party nominates wealthy businessman to run for Congress

• Republican and Democrat Presidential Candidates to hold special debate before the election.

A statement that lists a parties views and beliefs is called a ______?

• Platform

• Agenda

• Brief

• Assessment

When someone is seeking to win public office, such as President, he or she is called a what?

• Platform

• Candidate

• Congressmen

• Nominee

Identify the similarities between parties.

• Organize to win elections

• Educate about issues

• Reflect both liberal and conservative views

• Appeal to the political center

• Influence public policy

Where can you find the differences between political parties?

• Platform

• Campaigning

• Commercials

• Candidates

Identify the three things that are true about third parties.

• They rarely win elections

• Intro new ideas or press for particular issues

• They don't create platforms

• Often revolve around a political personality

What does this image have to do with political parties?

• Political parties have to define themselves to the political center in order to win more votes.

• Nazi's and Communists are the same

• No two parties are exactly the same

• All political parties lead to something bad

This statement “From 2000-2006 the cost of college education declined by 25%” is an example of what?

• A fact

• An Opinion

• Bias

• Sources