Political Parties/Road to Elections

What are the two major political parties in the United States

• Bull Moose/Republican

• Republican-Democrat/Dixiecrat

• Republican/Democrat

• Green Party/Democrats

What is Super Tuesday?

• A large football game

• NCAA bracket selection

• Many states participating in a primary election

• General Election Day

Why are political parties essential to democratic government?

• It is the only way for someone to run for office
• They are a link between representatives and their constituents
• They are the only way to get things to change
• Everyone fits into a major party

George Washington did not like political parties because...

• they were too cool
• they divided the country
• they lie to win elections
• they waste resources

How can the Presidential Primaries cause problems within the party?

• Best candidate emerges
• People get tired of voting
• Discourages well-qualified candidates due to expenses
• Candidates challenge each other in open combat

Which statement reflects Republican views on the role of government?

• Republicans favor less government, lower taxes, and greater person freedom.

• Republicans favor value-based governance, opposing excessive consumption, and unregulated competition.

• Republicans favor a national mass people's party, based on the working classes and against monopoly capitalism.

• Republicans favor more affordable health care, increased public funding for education, and an end to discrimination in all forms.

Which issue represents a basic disagreement between Democrats and Republicans?

• Whether monopoly capitalism should be replaced by state ownership

• Whether Americans should unite behind the nation against global terrorism

• Whether higher levels of taxation should be imposed to pay for more public services

• Whether current uses of natural resources should be radically replaced by a greater focus on future sustainability.

Which position would be most likely found in the Libertarian Party platform?

• support for increased regulation of business to curb the exploitation of natural resources

• support for absolute freedom of speech and religion

• support for the Affordable Care Act

• support for higher taxation to provide more government services.

How do the major parties select their candidate for President of the United States?

• After a series of caucuses and primary elections, delegates at each party's nominating convention choose their candidates.

• Party members select their party's candidate in a single run-off election.

• All registered voters decide which candidate each party should choose in a national primary election.

• Party "bosses" choose their party's candidate at their party's nominating convention.

What is the main objective that political parties want to achieve?

• they give citizens money to join their party

• to control government

• they do not try to be in control of the government

• they argue with each other and have trouble getting anything done