APGovCh.11.JustinHall

Question 1

Political Party

Answer 1

An organized group that may include office holders, candidates, activists, and voters who pursue their common interests by gaining and exercising power through the electoral process.

Question 2

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 2

Principle drafter of the Declaration of Independence; second vice president of the U.S. and third president of the U.S. Co-founder of the Democratic-Republican Party

Question 3

Political Machine

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Candidate-Centered Politics

Answer 4

Politics that focus on the candidates their particular issues, and character rather than party affiliation

Question 5

Party Realignment

Answer 5

Dramatic shifts in partisan preferences that drastically alter their political landscape

Question 6

Critical Election

Answer 6

An election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization around new issues and personalities

Question 7

Secular Realignment

Answer 7

The gradual rearrangement of party coalitions, based more on demographic shifts than on shocks to the political system

Question 8

Donald J. Trump

Answer 8

45th President, Republican, elected in 2016; and experienced businessman

Question 9

National Party Platform

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Barack Obama

Answer 10

First African American president of the U.S. A Democrat, and the 44th president

Question 11

Party Identification

Answer 11

A citizen’s attachment to a political part based on issues, ideology, past experience, or upbringing, which tends to be a reliable indicator of likely voting choices

Question 12

Hillary Clinton

Answer 12

First female major party candidate for president of the U.S. A Democrat, who ran against President Donald Trump in 2016

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

Winner-Take-All System

Answer 14

An electoral system in which the party that receives at least one more vote than the other party wins the election

Question 15

Partisan Polarization

Answer 15

The presence of increasingly conflicting and divided viewpoints between the Democratic and Republican Parties

Question 16

Delegate

Answer 16

Role played by representative who votes the way his or her constituents would want, regardless of personal opinions; may refer to an elected representative to Congress or a representative to the party convention

Question 17

National Convention

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Superdelegate

Answer 18

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