Review for Elections & Campaigns Test

A group of voters with common interests & beliefs; main purpose is to support candidates for elected office.

• political party

• political platform

• minority party

• majority party

What are the two major political parties in the United States?

• Republican & Democrat

• Socialist & Communist

• Libertarian & Green

• Constitution & Democrat

A series of statements expressing the party’s principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues.

• political platform

• closed primary

• mass media

• direct primary

Which party platform promotes a smaller government, lower taxes, and increased spending on military?

• Republican party

• Democrat Party

Which party platform promotes a bigger government and higher taxes to support social programs?

• Democrat Party

• Republican Party

Libertarian, Socialism, and Communism....

• are the three major third parties in the United States.

• are the three different types of primary elections.

• are the parties where most of our presidential candidates are elected from.

Match the following

• Very small government.

  Purpose of government is to protect freedom and property.

• Libertarian Party

• People should own & control business through elected agencies.

  Private property ownership is allowed

• Communist Party

• Federal gov. controls everything about the economy & people’s lives

  Individuals cannot own property.

• Socialist Party

Match the following types of primary elections with their description

• Any registered voter can vote for either party in the primary.

• Closed Primary

• Election in which voters choose candidates to represent each party in a general election.

• Open Primary

• Only party members can vote for their own party during the primary.

• Direct Primary

The difference between a majority and a minority party is that the majority has the most elected members in government and the minority has the least.

• True

• False

Promoting compromise and acting as a “watchdog” over the party in power is the role of the

• minority party.

• majority party.