Chapter 5.5

Question 1

Minor Parties / Third Parties

Answer 1

Any party other than Democrats/Republicans (the two main parties)

Question 2

Ideological Parties

Answer 2

Subscribe to a consisted ideology across multiple issues.

Question 3

Splinter Parties

Answer 3

Large factions of people break off from the major party.

Question 4

Economic-Protest Parties

Answer 4

Created to protest an issue (the greenback party).

Question 5

Single-Issue Parties

Answer 5

Created for a single time-specific issue.

Question 6

Modern Third Parties

Answer 6

None have won electorate votes because they don’t have concentrated followings. They take votes away from major candidates most of the time.

Question 7

Single-Member Districts

Answer 7

The candidate who wins the most votes wins the offic.

Question 8

Ballot Access

Answer 8

Method for how to earn a place on the ballot (signatures/fee)

Question 9

Winner-Takes-All Voting System

Answer 9

You get all the state’s electorates if you get the majority.

Question 10

Swing States

Answer 10

States that could go either way in the election.