APGovchapter11Ayasha.Hussain

Question 1

Barack Obama

Answer 1

44th U.S. President 2009-current Democratic President

Question 2

Candidate-centered Politics

Answer 2

politics that focuses directly on the candidates, their particular issues, and character, rather than on party affiliation

Question 3

Critical elections

Answer 3

Sharp changes in the existing patterns of party loyalty due to changing social and economic conditions

Question 4

Delegate

Answer 4

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 5

Hillary Clinton

Answer 5

first female party candidate for president of the United States, a Democrat, who ran against President Donald J. Trump in 2016; Secretary of State from 2009-2013,; New York Senator from 2001-2009; the former first lady

Question 6

National Convention

Answer 6

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

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 party convention

Question 8

Party Identification

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Partisan Polarizatnal

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Party realigmnet

Answer 10

dramatic shifts in partisan preferences that drastically alter the political landscape

Question 11

Poltical Machine

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Poltical Party

Answer 12

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 13

Proportional Respresentaion

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 realigment

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Superdelegte

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

principle drafter of the Declaration of Independence; second vice president of the United States; third president of the United States from 1801-1809, co-founder of the Democratic-Republican 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