Political Ideology

Political parties ...

• control the electoral process.

• make it easier to collect taxes.

• facilitate equal representation.

• make it easier to facilitate policy making.

Which of the following is NOT a primary function of political parties?

• rally the support of voters.

• educate the voters about issues.

• recruit people to be members of the party.

• win elections.

What are the three things political parties do?

• find candidates.

• they facilitate policy making

• mobilize voters

• run elections

• pass legislation

How does knowing what political party a candidate belongs to make voting easier?

• Both of these answers

• By knowing which party best represents you, it is easy to pick candidates that represent that party

• By knowing narrowing down choices and making things easier to understand.

• Neither of these answers

What is a political party?

• a team of politicians, activists

  and voters whose goal is to win control of the economy

• a team of politicians, activists

  and voters whose goal is to win control of government.

• a team of politicians, activists

  and voters whose goal is to win control of the population

• a team of politicians, activists

  and voters whose goal is to win control of the galaxy

One Republican Party core belief is _____________________.

• more taxes

• increase taxes

• less taxes

• no taxes

One Democratic Party core belief is _____________________.

• destroy the environment

• help the environment

• no taxes

• Not funding social programs

"The government should be bigger and greatly expand on current government services"

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Libertarians

• None of these

"U.S. policies should try to keep it so America is the only military superpower"

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Libertarians

• None of these

What are some political ideologies people identify as in America?

• liberal

• conservative

• libertarian

• librarian

• conservationist