Basics
Party in the Electorate
The Party Organization
Party Eras
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An organization seeking to control the government apparatus by winning elections for public office.
What is a political party?
100
The voters perception of the republicans or democrats stand for
What is party image?
100
The decline of parties on a city-wide level has led to a resurgence in power among state parties and these local parties
What are county parties?
100
The first American political party
What are the Federalists?
100
The idea that voters are moving away from traditional party affiliation
What is party dealignment?
200
party's endorsement to officially run for office as the candidate of that party is called
What is a nomination?
200
A citizens self proclaimed preference for one party or the other
What is party identification?
200
The day-to-day activities of the national party are the responsibility of this individual
Who is the Party Chairperson?
200
Andrew Jackson was the first president from this political party
What are the democrats?
200
Electoral contenders from outside of the two major parties
What are third parties?
300
This party role is to act as a channel through which people’s concerns become political issues on government policy agenda.
What is acting as a linkage institution?
300
Individuals who split tickets are most likely to identify with this political group
Who are Independents?
300
A type of political organization that relies heavily on material inducements such as patronage
What is a party machine?
300
The third and fourth party eras were both dominated by this political group
What are the republicans?
300
Voting for one party for one office, and another party for other offices
What is ticket-splitting?
400
This is the reason political parties tend to take middle-of-the-road stands on major issues
What is most Americans are "moderate"?
400
This is the formal requirement to be a member of the party in the electorate
What is there is none/self-identification?
400
Elections to select party nominees in which only people who have registered in advance with the party can vote for the party
What is a closed primary?
400
he displacement of the majority party by the minority party usually during a critical election
What is party realignment?
400
This requires that all parties have distinct comprehensive programs.
What is the responsible party model?
500
This idea in the Downs Model predicts that voters want to maximize the chance that policies may favor be adopted by government
What is rational choice theory?
500
The New Deal coalition was made up of Ethnic groups, Catholics, The South, Urban voters, poor americans, Jews and THIS group
What are labor union members?
500
A formal party declaration of views and principals
What is the party platform?
500
This party dominates the current party system (1968-today)
What is NONE?
500
Teddy Roosevelt progressives, Storm Thurmonds states righters and George Wallace American independents are all examples of this kind of third party
What are "splinter parties"?
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