USG Quiz 5.4 The Minor Parties

Match the following.

• splinter party

• Prohibition party

• ideological party

• Bull Moose party

• major party

• Democratic party

• single-issue party

• Populist party

• economic protest party

• Libertarian party

Although ideological parties have not ____, they have ____.

• been long-lived, attracted many voters

• advocated constitutional change, called attention to needed reforms

• won many elections, been long-lived

• pushed for broad-based reforms, won changes in the electoral system

The Free Soil party, the "Know Nothing" party, and the Right to Life party are all examples of -

• ideological parties

• single-issue parties

• splinter parties

• economic protest parties

Which of the following is a TRUE statement about splinter parties?

• most have formed around a single controversial issue

• most of the important minor parties in the nation's history have been splinter parties

• most of their successes have occurred at the national level

• most have been long-lived

Minor parties are able to play a "spoiler role" in an election by -

• raising issues that the major parties do not want to address

• taking enough votes away from one of the two major parties to cost its candidates the election

• waging "mud-slinging" campaigns against both major-party candidates

• attracting voter and media attention away from the major-party candidates

Unlike major parties, minor parties

• take clear-cut stands on controversial issues

• usually campaign locally as well as nationally

• are usually organized around a strong personality

• do not have a comprehensive platform