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Question 1

Linkage institutions

Answer 1

The political channels through which people’s concerns become political issues in the policy agenda

Question 2

Party in the electorate

Answer 2

Members of a political party who vote for candidates from that party

Question 3

Pasty as an organization

Answer 3

Keep the party running between elections

Question 4

Party in government

Answer 4

Members of the party who holds an office

•members of congress, reps

Question 5

Rational choice theory

Answer 5

A popular theory in political science to explain the actions of voters as well as politicians—-individuals act in their own interest

Question 6

Party identification

Answer 6

A citizen’s self proclaimed preference for one party or the other

Question 7

Ticket splitting

Answer 7

Voting with one party for one office and with another party for other offices

Question 8

Party machines

Answer 8

A type if political party organization that relies heavily on material inducements, such as patronage, to win votes and to govern

Question 9

Patronage

Answer 9

One of the key inducements used by party machines.(job, promotion, contract given for political reasons)

Question 10

Close primaries

Answer 10

Elections to select party nominees in which only people who have registered in advance with the party can vote for that party’s candidates thus encouraging greater party loyalty.

Question 11

Open primaries

Answer 11

Elections to select party nominees in which voters can decide on Election Day whether they want to participate in the democratic or republican contests.

Question 12

Blanket primaries

Answer 12

Votes choose candidate for each office without regard to party

Question 13

National convention

Answer 13

The meeting of party delegates every four years to choose a presidential ticket and write the party’s platform

Question 14

National committee

Answer 14

One of the institutions that keeps the party operating between conventions

Question 15

National chairperson

Answer 15

Is responsible for the day to day activities of the party and is usually hand picked by the presidential nominee

Question 16

Coalitions

Answer 16

A group of individuals with a common interest on which every political party depends

Question 17

Critical elections

Answer 17

An electoral “earthquake” where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, & the majority party is often displaced by the minority party

Question 18

Party alignment

Answer 18

Party alignment is what happens when the balance of power between a country’s political parties changes greatly

Question 19

Divided government

Answer 19

When one party controls the White House an the other party controls one or both houses of congress

Question 20

Dealigned

Answer 20

People who are gradually moving away from both political parties
(Shrinking party identification)

Question 21

Party neutrality

Answer 21

Many Americans are indifferent toward the 2 major political parties

Question 22

Third parties

Answer 22

Electoral contenders other than the two major parties

Question 23

Winner take all systems

Answer 23

An electoral system in which legislative seats are awarded only to the candidates who come in first in their constituencies

Question 24

Proportional representations

Answer 24

An electoral system used throughout most of Europe that awards legislative seats to political parties in proportion to the # of votes won in an election

Question 25

Party competition

Answer 25

The battle of the parties for control of public offices