Chapter 11: Political Parties

Question 1

Barack Obama

Answer 1

First black and 44th U.S. president

Question 2

Candidate-centered politics

Answer 2

The formation of ideas around what the public desires

Question 3

Critical elections

Answer 3

An election that realigns the political spectrum

Question 4

Delegate

Answer 4

Essentially a representative

Question 5

Donald J. Trump

Answer 5

45th U.S. president

Question 6

Hillary R. Clinton

Answer 6

President Donald Trump’s democratic opponent is the 2016 election

Question 7

National convention

Answer 7

Convention of a major political party

Question 8

National party platform

Answer 8

The major ideas of a political party

Question 9

Party Identification

Answer 9

The party one associates with

Question 10

Partisan polarization

Answer 10

The make or break of a party identification

Question 11

Party realignment

Answer 11

The change in a party’s ideals usually caused by a critical election

Question 12

Political machine

Answer 12

Commands support from domination over jobs

Question 13

Political party

Answer 13

A group with certain political ideals

Question 14

Proportional representation

Answer 14

Where parties gain numbers to even out competition

Question 15

Secular realignment

Answer 15

A shift based on demographics rather than politics

Question 16

Superdelegate

Answer 16

Unelected delegate allowed to support any candidate they desire

Question 17

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 17

3rd U.S. President

Question 18

winner-take-all-system

Answer 18

Whichever candidate receives a majority of the popular vote, or a plurality of the popular vote (less than 50 percent but more than any other candidate), takes all of the state’s Electoral votes.