Political Parties & Elections

The United States is said to have a ______ system.

• One Party

• Two Party

• Multi-Party

• Zero Party

What type of political system does China and North Korea have?

• One Party

• Two Party

• Multi-Party

A ______ party is a group of people with similar beliefs and ideas of about how government should run

• Social

• Birthday

• Political

• Graduation

A political system where SEVERAL parties compete for power

• Multi-Party

• One Party

• Two Party

• Political Machine

Which type of election has the highest rate of voter turnout?

• Primary Election

• Midterm Election

• Caucus

• General Election

The first two political parties in the US were the ______ and ______.

• Federalists and Whigs

• Democrats and Whigs

• Republicans and Democrats

• Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

The propaganda technique that uses insults in an attempt to turn people against a candidate or idea by using an unpleasant label or description.

• Name-calling

• Endorsement

• Bandwagon

• Glittering generality

The idea of the ______ propaganda technique is to make people think a candidate is just like them.

• Endorsement

• Aw-shucks

• Just Plain-Folks

• Card-stacking

What is the term for an individual part or idea of a party's platform?

• Plank

• Ward

• Unit

• Domain

The failure of third parties to win national elections can be traced to

• Their failure to present programs that appeal to voters

• The tendencies of the major parties to take over the ideas of third parties once these ideas become popular

• Laws that prevent third parties from appearing on the ballot

• Voter dislike of parties that have a great deal of money to spend