Chapter 5 6 7 And 13

Question 1

A _____ _______ is a small group of persons who seek to control government through winning elections and holding public offices.

Answer 1

Political Party

Question 2

A __________ is an alliance, especially a temporary one, of people factions, parties, or nations.

Answer 2

Coalition

Question 3

A general agreement among various groups on fundamental needs is a(n) __________ .

Answer 3

Consensus

Question 4

People belong to a particular ___________ _______ because an ancestor chose to the party for the family.

Answer 4

Political party

Question 5

A _______ / ________ party id one that is less supported in the political system.

Answer 5

Minor/third

Question 6

An increasing number of Americans identify with _____/______ parties.

Answer 6

Minor/third

Question 7

Most single-issue parties are _____ -Lived.

Answer 7

Short

Question 8

An example of an economic protest party, formed because of the huge budget deficit in 1992, and because an official political party in 1996 is the ______ party.

Answer 8

Reform

Question 9

The communist and socialist are examples of a(n) ____________ party.

Answer 9

Ideological

Question 10

A ____ - party system exist in nearly all dictatorships today.

Answer 10

One

Question 11

Democrats and republicans ____________ third party ideas, or make those ideas part of their won.

Answer 11

Assimilate

Question 12

The right to vote is known as _________.

Answer 12

Suffrage

Question 13

The procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting is called __________.

Answer 13

Registration

Question 14

The _____th amendment was intended to secure the rights of African Americans to vote but did not, primarily because the federal government did not intervene to uphold the Amendment.

Answer 14

15th

Question 15

____ _____ was a tax payment system required by some states before a person was allowed to vote. This method limited voting rights.

Answer 15

Poll Tax

Question 16

Women received the right to vote through the ___th amendment.

Answer 16

19th

Question 17

Poll taxes, literacy test, and threats have all been used in the past to keep ________-americans from voting

Answer 17

African

Question 18

Turnouts are lower in ___-year elections, primaries and special elections that in _________-year elections.

Answer 18

Off : presidential

Question 19

Political ________- is the process by which people gain their attitudes and opinions about politics.

Answer 19

Socialization

Question 20

Voter turnout in the president elections steadily declined between ____ (year) elections and 2000; but has seen a significant increase in voter turnout in 2004, 2008, and 2012.

Answer 20

1960

Question 21

Today most states require all voter be _________ of the U.S. and a __________ of the state in which they vote.

Answer 21

Citizen ; resident

Question 22

Voting for candidates of both parties during the same election is known as ______-_______ voting

Answer 22

Split-ticket

Question 23

__________ _________ is the feeling/perception that you personally can influence politics and the workings of the government.

Answer 23

Political efficacy

Question 24

In federal elections a candidate need not obtain a majority of votes to win an office. They simply need to have the most voted cast for a single office. This kind of vote is known as ____________.

Answer 24

Plurality

Question 25

Only declared party members may vote in a(n) ___________ primary election to so that only loyal party members influence the outcome of the primary.

Answer 25

Closed

Question 26

The practice of voting for candidates of only one party is called __________-_________ voting.

Answer 26

Straight -ticket

Question 27

Aliens, the mentally handicapped and convicted felons are considered ________ - ________ because they have a legitimate reason that does not allow them to vote.

Answer 27

Cannot-voters

Question 28

A person that voted for president and not for governor on the ballot is called a ______-______ voter.

Answer 28

Non-voting

Question 29

Because some ballots can be very long, voters often cast fewer votes the further down the ballot they go. This phenomenon is known as ______ ________

Answer 29

Ballot fatigue

Question 30

The single most predictor of a persons partisan voting behavior is the membership in one of the two major _________ in the USA.

Answer 30

Parties

Question 31

Party identification has _____ in strength in recent years.

Answer 31

Decreased

Question 32

Voters age, race, religion, etc. are ____________ factors affecting how a voter will vote.

Answer 32

Sociological

Question 33

Perception of politics and candidates and issues, as well as party identification are all _____________ factors that influence voting.

Answer 33

Psychological

Question 34

Split-ticket voting has ___________ in recent years.

Answer 34

Increased

Question 35

The most significant reason for non-voting in the U.S. today is due to _______ also known as LACK OF ________

Answer 35

Apathy; interest

Question 36

________-______ ballots tent to encourage straight0ticketed voting.

Answer 36

Party column

Question 37

Today most states including Kansas use the ________-_______ ballot where candidates are grouped together under the title of the office they are running for.

Answer 37

Office group

Question 38

A ______ is the smallest geographic units of election administration and your polling place is found within this unit.

Answer 38

Precinct

Question 39

The ____ is used by voter to register their choice in an election.

Answer 39

Ballot

Question 40

The political arm of special interest groups that have a major stake in public policy and raise money only for their members to fund political campaigns is called : ________ ________ committee, or PACs for short.

Answer 40

Political action

Question 41

The largest sum of money spent during political campaigns is spent on _________ time.

Answer 41

Television

Question 42

If a minor party candidate wishes to have their name appear in a ballot some states require a _________, which contains signatures of registration voters who say they want to nominate the candidate for political office.

Answer 42

Petition

Question 43

The general election for president take place in ________ of that year and the formal election for the president tale place in _________ when electoral col;eve ballots are opened and counted before the united Staes senate.

Answer 43

November;January

Question 44

One of the major defects of the electoral college is that the winner of the _____ vote, nationally, may not win a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

Answer 44

Popular

Question 45

Traditional poltical spectrum +++++++ + ++++ +++++++ ++++ + —————————————————————————————— 49. _________ Moderate 51. ____________ 50. ______________. 52. ___________________

Answer 45

49. Radical 50. Liberal 51. Conservative 51. Reactionary

Question 46

Isms political spectrum + ++++ ++++++++++ ++++ + —————————————————————————————————————- 53._______________. 55. ________________. Monarchy 54. __________________. 56. ___________________

Answer 46

53. Communism 54. Socialism 55. Democracy 56. Facism

Question 47

To win the presidency of the United States the candidate must win _______ of the 538 electoral college votes.

Answer 47

270

Question 48

If there is a tie in the Electoral college the presidential election is decided in the United States ____________ ___ ______ where each states gets one vote an the candidate with a 26 of 50 votes wins.

Answer 48

House of reps

Question 49

Another defect in the electoral college is the potential for the “___________ _________” who does not cast their vote for the candidate they pledged to vote for because they are not required to by law.

Answer 49

Faithless elector

Question 50

The formula for determining how many electoral college votes each sate receives is based on the number of ______________ from the US and senate each state has.

Answer 50

Representatives