Interest Groups and Political Parties

Which party is known for being liberals?

• democrat

• republican

Which party is known for being conservatives?

• democrats

• republicans

Which Federalist Papers stated that interest groups were not a good idea and the political parties would come to power?

• 5

• 10

• 34

• 54

What is the term for a interest group showing its views to its citizens to help democracy work correctly?

• majoritarianism

• pluralism

• constitutionalism

• elitism

What is the term for the aggregate of individuals beliefs and attitudes about government that is shared by a portion of the population?

• political socialization

• public opinion

• political science

• policy generalization

What is a term for a group of people that share the same common goal and actively attempt to influence lawmakers?

• ideology group

• interest group

• political party

• political action committee

Which of the following is a function of a political party?

• get candidates into public office

• stop debates about controversial topics

• critique the other party's actions

• getting people, usually lobbyists, to support their political opinion

What is the term for when people have similar ideas and beliefs regarding the role of the government and how to get people into political office?

• interest group

• political party

• political action committee

• ideology group

What is the result of federal laws making it so that third party candidates to get matching funds for their campaign?

• third parties start to rise in the US

• the US stays a "two-Party" system

• the US is turning into a "three-party" system

• this changes the electoral college help the third party

What are the two main political parties?

• democrat

• republican

• liberals

• conservatives