Political Parties

A political party is a group of _______________________________________________.

• who share the similar beliefs about government.
• who share the similar beliefs about the president.
• who share the similar beliefs about congress.
• who share the similar beliefs about the judicial branch

Political parties are mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. 

• True
• False

America has  a ___________ _______________ political system. 

• three party
• one party
• two party
• four party

Since 1860s the ____________________ and ____________________party have dominated American politics. 

• Green,  Libertarian 
• Communists, Socialists
• Anarchist, Theocracy 
• Democratic, Republican

One Republican Party core belief is _____________________. 

• more taxes
• increase taxes
• less taxes
• no taxes

One Democratic Party core belief is _____________________.

• destroy the environment

• Increasing Environmental Protection

• no taxes

• Not funding social programs

All of the following are functions of political parties except...

• educating the electorate
• recruiting and nominating candidates
• helping monitor poll taxes
• monitoring the actions of officeholders

Selecting people to run for office represents which job of political parties?

• Nominating
• Watchdog
• Spoiler
• Informing the public

Where along the political spectrum do both political parties try to win votes in the general election?

• extreme right
• in the middle
• extreme left

In order to win an election, a major party is most likely to...

• propose cuts to popular programs
• appeal to the political center
• divide campaign funds between candidates equally
• orgnaize leaders of special interest groups