3.1 Political Parties and Ideology

The symbol for the Democratic Party is

• An elephant

• A donkey

• A snake

• A horse

The symbol for the Republican Party is

• A mammoth

• A dinosaur

• A whale

• An elephant

One way to think about the differences between political ideologies is to use the

• political spectrum

• Constitution

• political ladder

• zoo animals

Someone who votes for all Republican politicians would likely fall on the _______ of the political spectrum

• Left

• Right

• Center

Someone who votes for all Democrat politicians would likely fall on the _______ of the political spectrum

• Left

• Right

• Center

Moderates who would sometimes vote for Republicans or Democrats would fall on the ___________ of the political spectrum.

• Left

• Center

• Right

A tendency of people from the same race, religion, age group, or socio-economic status to form political alliances is know as

• group politics

• race politics

• identity politics

• broad politics

Which of the following is MOST important to you?

• Freedom

• Equality

If you could register today, which political party would you register as?

• Democrat

• Republican

• Independent

• Third Party

• Undeclared

Someone who supports government spending on social programs would likely fall on the _________ side of the political spectrum.

• Left

• Right

• Center

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