Political Parties (Political Parties: Crash Course Government and Politics)

The goal of political parties is to

• Win elections and control government.

• Make as much money as possible

• Argue and disagree

Political parties are looking for candidates that 

• Have a clean background

• Can raise money

• Both are correct

When a party nominates a candidate

• They are choosing a person who they want to run in a particular election for a specific office.

• They are choosing the person who directly fills an elected office.

Primaries are elections in which

• A democrat goes up against a republican in an election

• Members of the same party face off in an election to see who will get the parties nomination.

A general election is when

• A democrat faces off against a republican for an elected office.

• Members of the same party face of against one another in an election to see who will get the parties nomination

Getting on the ballot as an independent is easy to do.

• True

• False

Political parties can help to encourage American citizens to vote, and this is a good thing!

• True

• False

Parties play a role in government by

• Choosing leadership positions

• Organizing congressional committees

• Setting agendas

• All are true, and remember...majority wins!

The current leader of the Democratic party is

• Joe Biden, because he is President

• Chuck Schumer,  because he is the Senate majority leader

• Nancy Pelosi, because she is the Speaker of the House