ch 9 multiple choice Flashcards
The process of cooperation and compromise between parties in order to get things done is often referred to as
Bipartisanship
Parties which are neither the Repubican Party or the Democratic Party are referred to as
Third Parties
What does the US Constitution say about political parties?
It says nothing about them
The main reason identified by political science that US (unlike most of the rest of the world) has only two main parties is
the electoral rules
The party platform is
the party’s positions on important issues
Despite the fact that lots of historical, cultural and ideological currents challenging political parties in the US the authors argue?
Political parties play a central role in US government and politics
“In the US few people are actually members of political parties, instead we tend to speak of”
party identifiers
When Democrats control the Executive and Republicans control the Legislature (for example) we refer to
Divided Government
Which constitutional amendment effectively endorsed the two-party system?
12th
