​Which event expressed by the media or on the Internet is most likely to influence the opinion of the public?

The NAACP is an interest group concerned with​

How are interest groups and political parties similar?​

Which of the following interest groups is concerned with the fair treatment of minorities?​

Some interest groups are faith-based.​

Most interest groups in the United States focus on election results.​

​Which of the following groups is most likely to shape a person’s political socialization when it comes to expressing opinions about worker pay?

​What makes people feel they may be able to have an impact on the government and government policy?

​Public officials are often responsive to public opinion because

​Which event expressed by the media or on the Internet is most likely to influence the opinion of the public?

A person who supports laws that limit the production of greenhouse gases and opposes American involvement in foreign wars would most likely identify with which of these parties?

Which of these is part of both the Democratic and Republican Party platforms?​

Someone who is to the far right on the political spectrum would most likely agree with which of these statements?​

According to demographic trends, a Hispanic female who works in a bank in Los Angeles is most likely to vote for a candidate from which party?

A nation with an authoritarian government often has a two-party system.

Third-party candidates running for president must gather voter signatures to be placed on the ballot in each state.​

A candidate from the Green Party in the United States runs for the presidency to bring attention to issues involving the environment and social justice. The Green Party could be considered which of these?​

Which of these statements is true about political parties?​

​What event led to the dominance of two parties in the American political system?

Which of the systems described below is most likely to produce a government that is shaped by the widest variety of viewpoints and ideologies?

​Which of these would be a major barrier to the success of a candidate running as a member of the Reform Party in the United States?

Which of these people is most likely to self-identify as a Republican?​

to deprive of the right to vote

an exemption in a law for a certain group based on previous conditions

a test based on a person's ability to read or write

money paid in order to vote.

​The Twenty-sixth Amendment greatly increased the number of Americans eligible to vote by

​Which of the following events encouraged many young Americans to work toward lowering the voting age?

​In the late 1800s, discrimination against African Americans who attempted to vote was most common in

​After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment,

​If people were not allowed to vote because they could not pay a poll tax, they had been disenfranchised.

Which of these permits citizens to place on the ballot a law containing specific penalties for the possession of illegal drugs? ​

Requiring photo ID has been shown to most heavily reduce voting among what groups? ​

​The Fifteenth Amendment stopped the use of gerrymandering to reduce the power of minority voters.

​The Voting Rights Act of 1965 specified ways in which the Fifteenth Amendment could be enforced.

political party which focuses on one major social, economic, or moral issue

political party that has a particular set of ideas about how to change society overall rather than focusing on a single issue

political party that splits away from a major party because of some disagreement

system in which several officials are elected to represent the same area in proportion to the votes each party's candidate receives

an orderly process for making group decisions

making a choice among alternatives in an election

the right to vote

belief that the proper role of government is to actively promote health, education, and justice

belief that the government should play a limited role in citizens' lives and the belief in traditional family values and what is viewed as a moral lifestyle

belief in both liberal and conservative view points

party more associated with liberals and moderate liberals

party more associated with conservatives and moderate conservatives

Match the political party to the properly associated ideology.

Democratic Party

Match the political party to the properly associated ideology.

Republican Party

ideas and attitudes that a significant number of Americans hold about government and political issues

an unscientific attempt to measure public opinion

method of polling in which the wording of questions "push" respondents toward a particular answer of view

polling that involves interviewing voters as they leave the polling place and asking them for whom they voted

group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, etc.

usually found in authoritarian governments

system in which two major parties compete for power, although minor parties may exist

Any political party other than one of the two major parties