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what is political socialization

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process through which individuals acquire their political beliefs and values

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agent of socialization

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factors that have significant impact on an individuals socialization to politics

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your beliefs influence your political party (T/F)

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True

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political socialization affects

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how and to what degree you participate in politics

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socialization affects

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your priorities and issue importance

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ideology and socialization affect

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your party of choice

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organizations that seek to win elections by influencing the outputs of govt

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political parties

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US political parties are stronger than other countries (T/F)

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False they are weaker

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US parties are more ___ and gravitate towards ___

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  1. ideologically vague
  2. centrist issues
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most European parties have ___ based on ____ (4)

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more defined constituencies based on social class regional ethics or religious division

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framers

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DID NOT WANT POLITICAL PARTIES

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what where the federalist and democratic-republican parties organized

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to win more seats in Hose and the VP

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voters ____

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directly choose electors

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why is it necessary for parties to organize in states and localities to better appeal to voters?

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voters choose electors

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why are national party conventions held? (2)

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  1. choose the parties president and VP
  2. articulate the party platform
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what are the 4 main functions of political parties?

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  1. contesting elections (compete in elections)
  2. recruit and nominate candidates
  3. provide a framework for voters to make choices
  4. provide organization for the operation of govt
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most countries have a _____ system

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multiparty system

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how is the US unique when it comes to political parties?

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US only has a 2 party system

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multiparty system

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large # of viable parties organized on the basis of ideology, economic interest, geography, religion, or position of single or set of issues

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what are the 3 reasons that the US has a 2 party system

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  1. electoral college
  2. winner takes all process for selecting house members
  3. ideological nature of Americans
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how does the winner take all process play a role in the US 2-party system?

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candidate with the most vote gets the seat, other candidates get nothing

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how does the electoral college play as a factor in creating a 2 party system in the US?

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the candidate must win a majority of votes to be elected president

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how does the ideological nature of American play a key role in the US 2 party system? (2)

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  1. keeps the 2 parties from becoming too strongly ideological and risking their ability to build a winning coalition
  2. throws the third parties in a more extreme position, preventing more people from supporting their party
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the democratic party was originally called the

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democratic-republican party

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the democratic parted was created by

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thomas jefferson and james madision

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the democratic party was created in opposition to

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Hamilton and a strong-central govt

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the democratic / democratic-republican party believed

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in protecting individual rights and smaller government

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what split the democratic-republican party

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andrew jackson’s election

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the democratic party was a __(1)__ that favored a __(2)__

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  1. conservative party
  2. small federal government
30
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the democratic party favored

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a small federal govt

31
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The grand old party is also called

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the republican party

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the grand old party was creates as

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an Anti-Slave party

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the grand old party was __(1)__ and favored __(2)__

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  1. LIBERAL in economic policies
  2. federal govt to protect individual rights (to end slavery)
34
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when did the ideologies of the Grand Old party begin to switch

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the beginning of WW1

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why did the democratic party switch their ideologies?

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the party starts gaining more immigrant members

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what type of members did the democratic party have that caused them to switch ideologies? (4)

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  1. anti-christian, non-western, anti-protestant Christians
  2. working class
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why did the republican party (GOP) switch their ideologies?

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the party was strong in rural areas and the south

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what type of members did the republican party have that caused them to switch ideologies? (3)

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  1. protestant and evangelical christian members
  2. white members
  3. non-working class members
39
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overall why did the parties realign / rebrand

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to match their base

40
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today the Democratic party is the party for __(1)__ and is __(2)__

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  1. working class
  2. liberal
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Today the republican party is a _-(1)__ party and is __(2)__

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  1. moral party
  2. conservative
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since election of ______ this realignment as been more stable

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Nixon & “the southern realignment”

43
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we have a 2 party system bc (3)

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  1. winner takes all election
  2. electoral college
  3. ideological nature of americans
44
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what is the goal of political parties?

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trying to get at least 50% or above of the electorate

45
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political parties cannot

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have strict ideological alignments

46
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goal of political parties

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trying to win elections

47
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why was the federalist and democratic-republican party formed?

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to win seats in house and vice presidency

48
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why did political parties start to become more organized in the state level?

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so they can get more voters to vote for a certain elector

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