Section 5

Question 1

Supported by two parities

Answer 1

Bipartisan

Question 2

General agreement among various groups on fundamental matters

Answer 2

Consensus

Question 3

The largest number of votes cast for an office

Answer 3

Plurality

Question 4

A temporary alliance of several groups that come together to fork a working majority

Answer 4

Coalition

Question 5

Action based on strong support of a political party and is policy stands

Answer 5

Partisanship

Question 6

A group that seeks to control government through winning elections and holding public office

Answer 6

Political party

Question 7

Parties that focus on only one public-policy matter

Answer 7

Single-issue parties

Question 8

One who introduces a new approach

Answer 8

Innovator

Question 9

Parties rooted in poor economic times that lack a clear ideological base

Answer 9

Economic protest parties

Question 10

Relating to the land it’s cultivation

Answer 10

Agrarian

Question 11

Parties based on a set beliefs or comprehensive view of social, economic, or political matters

Answer 11

Ideological parties

Question 12

Parties that have split away from one of the major parties

Answer 12

Splinter parties