Political Parties Quiz

What is an organized group of voters with broad common interests and ideas about government called?

• Two-party system

• Political party

• National Committee

• Caucus

Which system of government involves two major political parties competing for power?

• Direct Primary

• Platform

• Two-party system

• General election

What is a series of statements expressing a party's principles, beliefs, and positions on issues?

• Platform

• Ballot

• Initiative

• Suffrage

Who are the representatives from the 50 state party organizations that run a political party?

• Caucus

• National Committee

• Grassroots Movement

• Referendum

What is the term for a meeting of political party members to conduct party business?

• Polling place

• Absentee ballot

• Caucus

• Recall

What type of election allows voters to not declare their party preference to vote?

• Closed Primary

• Open Primary

• Direct Primary

• General election

What is the official form provided to voters that they use to cast their votes?

• Ballot

• Bias

• Initiative

• Majority

What is the process called that lets voters propose new laws or amendments to the state constitution?

• Referendum

• Initiative

• Recall

• Early voting

What is the term for the votes cast by individual voters in a presidential election, as opposed to the electoral vote?

• Electoral vote

• Popular vote

• Majority vote

• General vote

What is a system called in which the candidate who wins the popular vote receives all of a state's electoral votes?

• Proportional representation

• Winner-take-all

• Majority rule

• Electoral division