WorksheetsPolitical Parties
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following best defines our plurality concept to accumulating votes in an election?
It is a system in which a candidate needs at least 50% of the votes cast to win an election.
It is a system in which a candidate wins with the most votes in an election, not necessarily needing a majority of votes to win.
It is a system in which multiple parties have a chance to win seats in Congress.
It is a system in which multiple ballots are cast by each citizen to determine the winner of a Primary Election
The type of election in which members from the same Political Party challenge each other for their party's endorsement in the next election.
General Election
Intra-Party Election
Semi-Final Election
Primary Election
The type of election in which candidates from opposing Political Parties challenge each other with the winner taking public office is .....
A General Election
Final Election
Inter-Party Election
A Primary Election
What is a Political Party Platform?
The various layers and levels of party leadership with the highest elected office holder at the top.
The physical structures used by candidates in the various states when campaigning.
The collection of a Party's values, ideologies, issues and possible actions to be supported by its members.
The physical structures that bind the party together.
What is a Plank in relation to a Political Party Platform?
A single issue found within a Political Party Platform.
One of the key building blocks to various physical structures holding a party together.
One of the unifying issues for a Political Party.
A form of punishment for party members not towing the party line.
The Incumbent is.....
A candidate that is not the current office holder in a challenged campaign/race.
The most powerful lawmaker in the US House of Reps.
The most powerful lawmaker in the US Senate.
The candidate that is the current office holder in a challenged campaign/race.
What is the formula for determining the General Election?
The Tuesday after all candidates have filed for office in November
The first Tuesday in November
Tuesday after the first Monday in November
Two weeks after Halloween on Monday
What is the formula for the Primary Election in Indiana?
The Tuesday after all candidates have filed in May.
The first Tuesday in May.
The Tuesday following Memorial Day
Tuesday after the first Monday in May.
A precinct is....
a single voting district for a city or county
a satellite office/station for a major police department
the physical facility in which one votes
two or more wards combined
A ward is.....
a collection of two or more voting districts for a city/county
the physical site where ballots are cast
a promise given from one candidate to another
a facility to treat the mentally ill
