Political Parties Quiz

An Organized group of people who share political views and work to influence the government in support of those views.

Which two political parties are the main parties in the United States?

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Libertarian Party

• Green Party

Most Americans identify with one of the two main political parties.

• True

• False

What percentage of Americans identify as politically independent?

Someone running for political office that almost always declares themselves a member of a political party

According to the packet, which third party had ballot access in more than 30 states as of 2015?

A political parties views on all the major issues facing the nation

"I dont agree with either Republicans or Democrats all of the time, so I don't want to commit to either one."

Match.

• write-in candidate

• Allowing a political party to put a candidate on the ballot

• ballot access

• Set of statements describing a party’s views on major issues

• third party

• A candidate whose name a voter must hand-write on the ballot

• platform

• A political party other than Republican or Democratic

• minority party

• Political party that does not have a majority of the elected members

Match.

• influence voters

• I am commited to my political party

• support candidates

• Party leaders meet with a senator who is not supporting the party’s platform on environmental issues.

• unite levels of government

• A political party holds a huge convention to nominate and celebrate the party’s presidential candidate

• Republican/ Democrat

• "My political party may not be powerful right now, but it will be in the future."

• Third Party

• A political party pays for a series of televised attack ads against a candidate from the other party.