Lecture Notes Exam 2

Question 1

Events of Partisan realignment:

Answer 1

1. Civil War - Republicans gain control
2. 1896 - Republicans solidify control
3. 1932 - Democrats gain control

Question 2

A time when it appeared that the political system might operate without competing parties:

Answer 2

Era of Good Feeling

Question 3

Who sought a grassroot party? What is it?

Answer 3

Jackson

A party organized chiefly at the local level and open to all citizens

Question 4

Three basic elements of party realignments:

Answer 4

1. The emergence of unusually powerful and divisive issues
2. An election contest or contests in which the voters shift their partisan support
3. An enduring change in the parties’ policies and coalitions

Question 5

Types of third parties:

Answer 5

Single-issue parties
Factional parties
Ideological parties
Reform parties

Question 6

Single-issue parties:

Answer 6

only exist to push a single issue

Question 7

Factional parties:

Answer 7

break away from existing/major parties

Question 8

Ideological parties:

Answer 8

formed around broad issues to which people gravitate

Question 9

Reform parties:

Answer 9

come into existence to fight off corruption

Question 10

Open primary:

Answer 10

allows independents and sometimes voters of the other party to vote in the party’s primary
gives all voters a say in the choices they’ll have in the general election

Question 11

Closed primary:

Answer 11

participation is limited to voters registered or declared at the polls as members of the party whose primary is being held

Question 12

Top-two primary:

Answer 12

Type we have in CA!

Top 2 finishers become the general election candidates

Question 13

Semi-closed primary:

Answer 13

allows independents but not registered voters of the other party to participate

Question 14

Runoff primary:

Answer 14

faces against someone of the same party; after that, they will go against the other party