WorksheetsCitizen Participation
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which political party is also known as "conservative," "right," and "GOP?"
democrat
libertarian
republican
green
constitutional
What political party is also known as "left" or "liberal?"
democrat
libertarian
republican
green
constitutional
If you don't affiliate or belong to a political party what are you called?
individual
dependent
free spirited
independent
What does a lobbyist do?
get people registered to vote
contact politicians asking for support of an interest group
help candidates win elections
riot when they don't get what they want
All of the following are job duties of special interest groups except
inform politicians of the public's opinion
lobby politicians to make decisions the group wants
pledge support to political candidates
make election polls
All of the following are important parts in public opinion polls except?
sampling size
propaganda
wording of questions
bias in the questioning
length of the survey
Which third party is most strict on everything?
Green
Libertarian
Constitutional
A PAC is all of the following except
group of people who support candidates with the same views
organizations that support political campaigns
organizations that financially support political campaigns
Political Action Committee
All of the above
In selection bias, who decides which stories to report?
The president
The media
Interest groups
Third parties
The party most against abortion.
Libertarian
Democrat
Green
Republican
Who most favors strict gun control?
Green
Republican
Constitutional
Democrat
Libertarian
What is political socialization?
How people decide their political stance.
The process of making policies public.
The ability to control align parties.
Similar people's view on political issues.
When government listens to the public and makes a decide, what do we call that decision?
Exit polls
Public policy
Public opinion
Propaganda
____ party accepts what others do as long as it doesn't harm anyone.
Republican
Democratic
Constitutional
Libertarian
What is the term for when the media determines which side of a story to tell?
Propaganda
Selection bias
Report bias
Political socialization
All of the following are true about public polls except.
Never helps decide public policy
Length of the poll matters
To find out the public's opinion
Order of the questions matters
_____ exaggerates or publishes inaccurate information to sway the public.
Selection bias
Endorsements
Public policy
Propaganda
____ third party is for equality, nonviolence, and environmental protections.
Green
Libertarian
Constitutional
People might choose to absentee vote for all of the following except.
are out of town
don't like either candidate
medical reasons
save time
When the media chooses only to tell us certain stories while not reporting on others, this is called what?
politics
report bias
selection bias
independence
Which is a CON of having political parties?
keeps third parties with great ideas out of government
provide order in government process
power in numbers
helps create public policy
What is a PRO of having political parties?
people fell like they don't need to vote
people are labelled based on their party affiliation
people feel like they belong to a group and want to participate in the political process
nothing gets accomplished because no one can agree
Why do we have political parties?
to bribe citizens to vote for leaders
to pit citizens against one another
to bring like minded citizens together & get their members elected to government positions
to ensure corruption in government doesn't happen
