Political Parties and Interest Groups Assessment

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In the United States, a political party is made up of a group of people who

• share common interests and goals.
• have similar beliefs and goals and work to construct the party platform, political issues and get candidates elected to political offices.
• work separately to support one major platform issue, program or public policy.
• rally support of opposing candidate during the National Convention.

A coalition is?

• groups with different ideologies combine to share power and obtain a majority.
• a group of people who work independently to accomplish similar goals and objectives.
• a combination or alliance, sometimes a temporary one, of a group of people who have diverse perspectives politically and work to accomplish similar goals and objectives.
• a group of people who work independently to accomplish social and economic goals and objectives.

People belong to a particular political party

• according to regulations of State law.
• voluntarily, because they made a personal choice based on their own personal analysis of the platform issues.
• based on their state’s policies on open and closed Primary elections.
• compulsory, because they were given a personal choice between the two major parties based on their own personal analysis of the platform issues.

A one-party system

• is what the United States has today.
• is in reality a "no-party system" because it creates an unstable government due to one party dominating the government and a lack of political debate and opposition.
• is in reality a "no-party system" because it creates a voice in government that exhibits multiple schools of thought.
• is in reality a "no-party system" but ultimately results in democracy.

All of the following groups has tended to support the Democratic party in recent decades EXCEPT

• the white-collar business community
• minorities
• the unemployed
• Catholics

The National Chairperson is nominated by the

• National Committee
• President
• People
• none of the above

All of the following groups has tended to support the Republican party in recent decades EXCEPT

• Cuban-Americans
• men
• upper class corporate executives
• liberal thinkers

A set of principles that guide a person towards the way that they view the world politically, socially and economically is known as a (n)

• ideal
• ideology
• idiosyncratic
• none of the above