Political Parties, Voting, and Elections

What is a Plank in relation to a Political Party Platform?

• A single issue found within a Political Party Platform.

• One of the key building blocks to various physical structures holding a party together.

• One of the unifying issues for a Political Party.

• A form of punishment for party members not towing the party line.

What is a Political Party Platform?

• The various layers and levels of party leadership with the highest elected office holder at the top.

• The physical structures used by candidates in the various states when campaigning.

• The collection of a Party's values, ideologies, issues and possible actions to be supported by its members.

• The physical structures that bind the party together.

The type of election in which candidates from opposing Political Parties challenge each other with the winner taking public office is .....

• A General Election

• Final Election

• Inter-Party Election

• A Primary Election

The type of election in which members from the same Political Party challenge each other for their party's endorsement in the next election.

• General Election

• Intra-Party Election

• Semi-Final Election

• Primary Election

What is the formula for determining the General Election?

• The Tuesday after all candidates have filed for office in November

• The first Tuesday in November

• Tuesday after the first Monday in November

• Two weeks after Halloween on Monday

A precinct is....

• a single voting district for a city or county

• a satellite office/station for a major police department

• the physical facility in which one votes

• two or more wards combined

Which function BEST describes the purpose of Presidential debates?

• educating the electorate (voters) about campaign issues
• recruiting and nominating candidates
• monitoring the actions of officeholders
• helping candidates learn what is important to the opposing party 

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

Presidential debates are an important part of the political process.  Which function best describes the purpose of these debates?

• Helping candidates learn what is important to the opposing party
• Recruiting and nominating candidates
• Monitoring the actions of officeholders
• Educating the electorate about campaign issues