AP Gov ch.11 Mariana Sanchez-Monke

Question 1

Barack Obama

Answer 1

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

Question 2

critical elections

Answer 2

An election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization around new issues and personalities. Seen as an “earthquake,” new issues and new coalitions emerge, and the majority party is replaced, often in the event of a crisis.

Question 3

National party platform

Answer 3

A statement of the general and specific philosophy and policy goals of a political party, usually promulgated at the national convention.

Question 4

delegate

Answer 4

a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.

Question 5

donald trump

Answer 5

Donald John Trump is the 45th and current President of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.

Question 6

hillary clinton

Answer 6

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician and diplomat who served as the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009

Question 7

national party platform

Answer 7

A statement of the general and specific philosophy and policy goals of a political party, usually promulgated at the national convention.

Question 8

party identification

Answer 8

refers to the political party with which an individual identifies. Party identification is affiliation with a political party

Question 9

partisan polarization

Answer 9

Political polarization refers to the cases in which an individual’s stance on a given issue, policy, or person is more likely to be strictly defined by their identification with a particular political party

Question 10

Party realignment

Answer 10

Dramatic shifts in partisan preferences that drastically alter the political landscape. When party dominance changes from one to another.

Question 11

Political machine

Answer 11

A party organization that recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives, and is characterized by a high degree of control over member activity.

Question 12

Political party

Answer 12

An organized effort by office holders, candidates, activists, and votes to pursue their common interests by gaining and exercising power through the electoral process.

Question 13

proportional representation

Answer 13

A voting system that apportions legislative seats according to the percentage of the vote won by a particular political party.

Question 14

Secular realignment

Answer 14

The gradual rearrangement of party coalitions, based more on demographic shifts than on shocks to the political system. A more gradual shift in political parties.

Question 15

Superdelegate

Answer 15

Delegate to the Democratic Party’s national convention that is reserved for a party official and whose vote at the convention is unpledged to a candidate.

Question 16

thomas jefferson

Answer 16

Political polarization refers to the cases in which an individual’s stance on a given issue, policy, or person is more likely to be strictly defined by their identification with a particular political party

Question 17

Winner-take-all system

Answer 17

An electoral system in which the party that receives at least one more vote than any other party wins the election. Also called a plurality system.

Question 18

National convention

Answer 18

A party meeting held in the presidential election year for the purposes of nominating a presidential and vice presidential ticket and adopting a platform.