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WorksheetsAP GoPo Political Parties
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
All of the following are linkage institutions except for
Congress
elections
political parties
media
interest groups
The primary goal of a political party is to
act as the loyal opposition to the party in power
draft a platform
inform the public
win elections
One of the major changes in the impact of parties is
the influence of money in political campaigns
candidate-centered elections
public resistance to moderate politicians
the rise of several very successful third parties
The party organization is most impactful at which level?
national
state
local/grassroots
national convention headquarters
The strongest and most accurate prediction of HOW a person will vote is
party identification
ethnicity
geography
gender
Third parties impact voting and elections by
typically winning a plurality of votes
changing the party platforms of the major party
spoiling elections for the party to which they are most ideologically similar
adapting the major platform plans of the two main parties
Which of the following third party candidates impacted the 2000 election by spoiling the popular vote for the Democrats?
When groups of voters within a party begin to shift their preferences to the other political party (Southerners leave the Democrats and join the GOP), it is known as
Which of the following is NOT a part of an iron triangle?
political parties
interest groups
bureaucratic agency
congressional committee
