Chapter 9: Parties

Question 1

Group organized to nominate candidates, win elections, and promote public policy ideas

Answer 1

Political party

Question 2

Representation system in other countries where vote percentages correlate to power percentage in govt (5% minimum threshold)

Answer 2

Proportional representation

Question 3

Winner gets the most votes - winner take all

Answer 3

Plurality

Question 3

System where two parties vie for power, with only one winner

Answer 3

Two-party system

Question 4

System outside the US that uses proportional representation to account for more parties

Answer 4

Multiparty system

Question 5

Area which votes for one rep

Answer 5

Single-member district

Question 6

“First past the post” elections

Answer 6

Single member plurality elections

Question 7

Concept that in single member plurality districts, there are only 2 parties fighting for the seat. Votes for loser are “wasted”

Answer 7

Duverger’s law

Question 8

Must receive 5% of the vote for government funding. Provide new ideas but never win

Answer 8

Minor parties

Question 9

Party formed in opposition to policy or issue

Answer 9

Protest party

Question 10

Party derived from another sharing ideals

Answer 10

Splinter party

Question 11

When a party gains a majority over the other, supplanting the previously dominant one

Answer 11

Realignment

Question 12

Dominated by working-class, surrounding great depression, democrat dominance

Answer 12

New Deal Party Era

Question 13

Working class that made the New Deal Party Era possible

Answer 13

New Deal Coalition

Question 14

Era in which two main parties narrowed down their ideals to be more consistent

Answer 14

Transitional era

Question 15

When the anti-civil rights states flipped from democrat to republican

Answer 15

Southern realignment

Question 16

When different parties control different majorities in the government

Answer 16

Divided government

Question 17

Cooperation between parties

Answer 17

Bipartisanship

Question 18

Era in which the two parties diverged further, becoming much more opposed and sharing less common ground

Answer 18

Polarization era

Question 19

A firm and organized set of beliefs surrounding government that most Americans do not completely possess

Answer 19

Political ideology

Question 20

Mental rules that one uses to make quick judgements

Answer 20

Heuristics

Question 21

The belief that the government should play more of a role in our lives and assist the people to a greater extent

Answer 21

Liberalism

Question 22

Voters who do not identify with either party but tend towards one or the other

Answer 22

Partisan leaners

Question 23

People who influence party decisions, elected and unelected

Answer 23

Party leaders

Question 24

Elections in which party representatives are chosen for general elections

Answer 24

Primary elections

Question 25

A party’s written stances on issues that define its positions

Answer 25

Platform

Question 26

When executive and legislative branches are controlled by the same party

Answer 26

Unified government

Question 27

When divided government leads to nothing getting done in govt

Answer 27

Gridlock

Question 28

Belief that government should stay out of people’s daily lives

Answer 28

Conservative

Question 29

One’s sense of belonging to a larger party

Answer 29

Party identification