Political Parties

Question 1

POLITICAL

PARTIES

Answer 1

People with similar
ideas who join together
to try and influence
government, via
elections and winning
office

Question 2

Main
Functions
of Parties

Answer 2

Elect & Support
Candidates, Inform The
Public, Carry the
People’s Message,
Serve as a “Watchdog ,
Simplify Choices

Question 3

Name of
first political
parties

Answer 3

Federalists &

Anti-Federalists

Question 4

Why do 3rd
parties have
little success in
the US?

Answer 4

Most states make
it more difficult for
3rd Parties to get
on ballot

Question 5

Why does the
US have a 2
party system?

Answer 5

History, Tradition,
Structure, &
Ideological
Consensus

Question 6

Party

Platform

Answer 6

Values and positions
of the Party that
contribute to its
goals for public
policy.

Question 7

Symbol of the
Republican
Party.

Answer 7

Elephant

Question 8

Symbol of the
Democratic
Party.

Answer 8

Donkey

Question 9

Where did the
Demo Donkey and
Repub Elephant
first appear?

Answer 9

Cartoon in
Harper’s
Weekly

Question 10

ROLE OF
3RD
PARTIES

Answer 10

Spoiler

& Critics

Question 11

TYPES OF
MINOR/3RD
PARTIES

Answer 11

Ideological Parties,
Single Issue
Parties, Economic
Protest Parties, &
Splinter Parties

Question 12

Example of
Ideological
Parties

Answer 12

Libertarian,
Marxist,
Communist

Question 13

Example of
Single Issue
Parties

Answer 13

Marijuana,
Right to Life,
Free Soil,
Temperance

Question 14

Example of
Economic
Protest Parties

Answer 14

Greenback

Party

Question 15

Example of
Splinter
Parties

Answer 15

Progressive/Bull
Moose &
Dixiecrats

Question 16

When are
Congressional
& Presidential
elections held?

Answer 16

1st Tuesday
after the 1st
Monday in
November

Question 17

What is a

precinct

Answer 17

Smallest
Geographic
Unit

Question 18

What percentage
of the population
could vote in
1789?

Answer 18

6%

Question 19

What type of
turnout do local
elections
typically have?

Answer 19

Low voter

turnout

Question 20

What did the
Greeks
someone who
does not vote?

Answer 20

IDIOTS

Question 21

What is a
Cannot
Voter

Answer 21

Felons, physically
unable, mental
patients, dishonorably
discharged, and
non-citizens

Question 22

Non-Voting

Voters

Answer 22

People who vote
for only some of
the races on a
ballot

Question 23

Voter

Fatigue

Answer 23

Vote for big offices
(Pres, Governor)
but ignore the
smaller 	state and
local races.

Question 24

Voter

Characteristics

Answer 24

Higher Levels of Income
Higher Levels of
Education
More Affluent Jobs
Community Oriented
Sense of Party
Identification

Question 25

Non-Voter

Characteristics

Answer 25

Under 35
Unmarried
Unskilled
Apathetic

Question 26

Name the
3 types of
Primaries

Answer 26

Open, Closed,
and Partially
Open

Question 27

Open

Primary

Answer 27

Any registered
voter can declare
which party ballot
to vote.

Question 28

Closed

Primary

Answer 28

Must be a party
member party
to obtain the
party ballot

Question 29

IL has a
_______________
primary

Answer 29

Partially

Open

Question 30

Most commonly
used form of
election?

Answer 30

Primary

Question 31

How many states
use the Caucus
method in the 2020
Presidential
election?

Answer 31

3

Question 32

When is the
next
Congressional
Election?

Answer 32

2022

Question 33

How many
members of the
US House are up
for election every 2
years?

Answer 33

All/435

Question 34

What fraction of
the US Senate are
up for election
every 2 years?

Answer 34

1/3

Question 35

What are
Midterm
Elections?

Answer 35

An election
where the
Presidency is
not on the ballot.

Question 36

INCUMBENCY/INCUMBENT

Answer 36

The person
who already
holds the office

Question 37

Franking

Privilege

Answer 37

Free Government
Postage for
communicating
with Constituents

Question 38

What is the
Federal Elections
Commission
(FEC)?

Answer 38

Agency in charge of
monitoring the \$\$
involved with
Congressional and
Presidential elections.

Question 39

How much can
any US citizen
can donate to a
campaign?

Answer 39

$2,800