Chapter 9: Political Parties

Question 1

Mugwumps/progressives

Answer 1

Republican Party faction of the 1890s to the 1910s, composed of reformers who opposed patronage

Question 2

Critical/ realignment period

Answer 2

A period when a major, lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties

Question 3

Split ticket

Answer 3

Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election

Question 4

Straight ticket

Answer 4

Voting for candidates of the same party

Question 5

Office-bloc ballot/ Massachusetts

Answer 5

A ballot listing all candidates of a given office under the name of that office; also called a Massachusetts ballot

Question 6

Party-column ballot/ Indiana

Answer 6

A ballot listing all the candidates of a given party under the name of that party; also called an Indiana ballot

Question 7

National convention

Answer 7

A meeting of party delegates held every four years

Question 8

National committee

Answer 8

Delegates who run party affairs between national conventions

Question 9

Congressman campaign committee

Answer 9

A party committee in Congress that provides funds to members and would be members

Question 10

National chair

Answer 10

Day to day party manager elected by the national committtee

Question 11

Super delegates

Answer 11

Party leaders and elected officials who become delegates to the national convention without having to run in primaries or caucuses

Question 12

Political machine

Answer 12

A party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage

Question 13

Ideological party

Answer 13

A party that values the principled stands on issues above all else

Question 14

Solitary incentives

Answer 14

The social rewards (sense of pleasure, status, or companionship) that lead people to join political organizations

Question 15

Sponsored party

Answer 15

A local or state political party largely supported by another organization in the community

Question 16

Personal following

Answer 16

The political support provided to a candidate on the basis of personal popularity and networks

Question 17

Two party system

Answer 17

An electoral systems with two dominant parties that compete in nationals elections

Question 18

Plurality system

Answer 18

An electoral system in which the winner is the person who gets the most votes, even if he or she does not receive the majority; used in almost all American elections

Question 19

Caucus

Answer 19

A meeting of party members to select delegates backing one or another primary candidate

Question 20

Patronage

Answer 20

Granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support

Question 21

Soft money

Answer 21

Funds spent by parties that are not contributed directly to candidate campaigns, and which did not expressly advocate the election or defeat of a candidate

Question 22

The hatch act

Answer 22

Made it illegal for federal civil service employee us to take an active part in political management or political campaigns are serving as part of officers soliciting campaign funds running for furnace in office working in the partisan campaign

Question 23

Political party

Answer 23

A group that seeks to elect candidates for political office