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The two major political parties in the USA
What are the Democrats and Republicans?
Congress is organized around political parties, especially in the leadership (like the ______ of the House who is elected by the majority party.
Who is the Speaker?
Urban places that are typically supportive of the Democratic Party candidates.
What are cities?
The most recent presidential election in which the candidate who won the most popular votes lost the election.
What is 2016 (Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump)
It's the largest type of bear.
What's a polar bear?
The main purpose of political parties is to recruit candidates and get them _________ .
What is elected?
The political party that currently controls both houses of Congress.
Who are the Republicans?
The staunch liberals in the Democratic Party and staunch conservatives of the Republican Party are those parties most stalwart supporters, typically known by this name.
What is the "base" of each party?
The electoral votes of this state (highly disputed and the subject of a Supreme Court decision) allowed George W. Bush to defeat Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election.
What is Florida?
It's the most common element (and the first) in the universe.
What is hydrogen?
Political parties are an American tradition, especially the two-party system. They are not mentioned in the Constitution and therefore are part of this.
What is the "Unwritten Constitution"?
In the last twenty years or so, presidential candidates can appeal more directly to the public through this medium, especially.
What is the Internet / Social Media?
With a dramatic increase in voters self-identifying as independents, party ______ has occurred (especially in the Democratic Party).
What is dealignment?
He is the famous consumer-advocate and candidate of the Green Party in 2000 who may have cost Al Gore the election win by pulling votes away from the Democratic Party.
Who is Ralph Nader
The four presidential likenesses on Mount Rushmore.
Who are Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt?
The first presidents representing the current two major parties in the US.
Who are Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln?
The term for the combination of groups that make up the major political parties.
What are "coalitions"?
Third parties that form because their members feel ignored or spurned by the major parties are called by one of two names. (Either one works)
What is a "Splinter" or "Bolter" Party?
It's the term for candidates who run for president without the endorsement of any political party.
What is an independent candidate?
It occurs once in a minute, two times in a week, but only once in a year.
What is the letter "e"?
Many voters join political parties. This subdivision of political parties is called the "Party among the __________."
What is the electorate?
Four groups that are distinct parts of the Republican Party.
What are veterans, military supporters, religious conservatives, economic conservatives, big businessmen, libertarians, rural dwellers, opponents of gay marriage/affirmative action ... etc.
The Communist Party or American Ideological Party (pro-segregation) are viewed as having ideologies that are too radical for most Americans.
What are "doctrinal" parties?
Both states whose electoral votes are NOT winner-take-all.
What are Maine and Nebraska?
It's the sea between Israel and Jordan.
What is The Dead Sea?