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WorksheetsGOV 1: Five Roles of Political Parties
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
Which of the five roles of Political Parties does this example illustrate? (select 1)
Party leaders meet with a senator who is not supporting the party’s platform on environmental issues.
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Which of the five roles of Political Parties does this example illustrate? (select 1)
A party’s state office asks party members to write their legislators and ask them to vote “no” on a state tax bill.
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Which of the five roles of Political Parties does this example illustrate? (select 2)
A party’s state office runs a phone bank before the election to call party supporters and remind them to support the party’s candidates.
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Which of the five roles of Political Parties does this example illustrate? (select 2)
A party’s state office hosts a conference for state and local officials to discuss the party’s goals for the state.
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Which of the five roles of Political Parties does this example illustrate? (select 2)
A committee of legislators from one party meets to draft a law that will be acceptable to everyone in the party.
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Which of the five roles of Political Parties does this example illustrate? (select 1)
A group of legislators from the minority and majority parties meets to discuss compromise after a failed vote on a budget bill.
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Which of the five roles of Political Parties does this example illustrate? (select 1)
A political party pays for a series of televised attack ads against a candidate from the other party.
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Which of the five roles of Political Parties does this example illustrate? (select 1)
A political party holds a huge convention to nominate and celebrate the party’s presidential candidate.
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Which of the five roles of Political Parties does this example illustrate? (select 1)
A state governor meets with a city mayor and state senator from the same party to discuss the governor’s policy on education.
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Which of the five roles of Political Parties does this example illustrate? (select 1)
The president refuses to sign a bill passed by the opposing party and meets with legislators to discuss possible changes.
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Which of the five roles of Political Parties does this example illustrate? (select 1)
Party volunteers spend a Saturday afternoon at the park handing out party-sponsored voting guides.
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Which of the five roles of Political Parties does this example illustrate? (select 1)
A new law passes the Senate, where one party has a majority, but fails in the House of Representatives, where the other party has a majority.
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