GOVT 2305 - Exam 4 Study Guide

Which of the following statements about political parties is true?

• Political party coalitions consist of not only the formal Republican and Democratic party organizations but also media, interest groups, think tanks, donors, and Super PACs affiliated with the parties.

• Political parties are single, unified groups whose members agree on political issues.

• Political party coalitions consist of the formal Republican and Democratic Party organizations but do not include media, donors or think tanks.

• Political party coalitions only include officials who have been elected to office.

How do political parties help support democracy?

• Political parties eliminate the role of money in politics.

• Political parties help regulate the number of people seeking public office, mobilize voters, and help achieve the majorities needed to pass legislation once in office.

• Political parties always ensure that elections will be competitive and have high quality candidates.

• Political parties always help to ensure that the policies passed by government reflect what a majority of citizens want.

Since political parties represent broad coalitions,

• parties face tensions and internal conflicts that must be managed for the coalition to hold together to achieve electoral and policy success.

• political parties can easily pass all of their major policy priorities.

• party leaders rarely face divisions within their parties.

• parties never face disagreements over which candidate should be the party’s nominee.

Which of the following statements best characterizes the relationship between education, income, and voting?

• Americans with higher levels of income and education tend to vote less often as Americans with lower levels of income and education.

• Americans with higher levels of income and education vote equally often as Americans with lower levels of income and education.

• Americans with higher levels of income and education tend to vote more often as Americans with lower levels of income and education.

• Americans with higher levels of income vote more often than those with lower levels, but those with higher levels of education vote less often.

Which of the following is the best characterization of digital political participation?

• Digital political participation consists exclusively of voting or getting voters to the polls.

• Digital political participation includes all of the different forms and manners of influencing elected officials except for voting

• Digital political participation includes activities designed to influence the government, from voting, to donating to candidates, or attending political meetings.

• Digital political participation includes activities like visiting a candidate’s website

Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in both chambers with a straight party line vote. When Republicans vote with other Republicans and Democrats vote with fellow Democrats, and they oppose the other party, this is an illustration of

• political polarization.

• bipartisanship.

• patronage.

• retrospective voting.

The division between the two major parties on most policy issues, with members of each party unified around their party’s positions with little crossover, is called

• political polarization.

• divided government.

• unified government.

• party unity voting.

Which term refers to a person’s status in society, as determined by level of education, income, and occupational prestige?

• socioeconomic status

• class system

• turnout

• status

Stanley is displeased with the policies that the Democrats have passed while in the majority in Congress, so he has decided to vote for the Republican candidates this election. This is an example of

• retrospective voting.

• prospective voting.

• split-ticket voting.

• strategic voting.

Sarah does not identify as either a Republican or a Democrat, which makes her a(n)

• independent.

• apathetic voter.

• retrospective voter.

• sophisticated voter.