Political Parties and Roles
This is the main function of political parties, involving selecting and presenting individuals who will run for government positions.
What is nominating candidates for public office?
A presidential candidate needs this many electoral votes to win the presidency.
What is 270?
This constitutional amendment lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This is the primary purpose of political propaganda in campaigns and media.
What is to persuade your opinion?
The "Full Faith and Credit Clause" in Article _____ requires states to respect and follow with the proceedings, acts, and records of other states.
What is 4?
When a major party is out of power, it serves this role by monitoring and critiquing the party in control.
What is a watchdog?
In this type of primary, only registered members of that specific party can vote for their candidates.
What is a closed primary?
The 15th Amendment said that you cannot deny a person the right to vote based on these three factors.
What is race, color, previous condition as a slave?
This term describes a skewed or slanted point of view, or a preference that prevents impartial judgment.
What is a bias?
Marriage laws, traffic regulations, and high school graduation requirements are examples of powers that belong to this level of government.
What are state governments (or reserved powers)?
This political party, led by Thomas Jefferson, came to power for the first time in the Election of 1800.
What is the Democratic Republican Party?
These elections occur between presidential elections and determine some members of Congress but not the president.
What are midterm elections?
18 years old, a citizen of the country, and a ________ of the state in which you want to vote are the three basic voting requirements in the United States.
When Oprah Winfrey publicly supported Barack Obama at a rally in 2008, she was using this type of propaganda technique.
What is testimonial propaganda?
The Necessary and Proper Clause gives Congress the authority to exercise these types of powers that aren't explicitly listed in the Constitution.
What are implied powers?
These three main challenges explain why third parties struggle to succeed in American politics.
What are lack of money, the historical two-party system, and an electoral system that makes it difficult for them to compete?
This is the correct order of presidential election events: (1) debates within parties, (2) national conventions, (3) debates between all candidates, (4) election day, and (5) inauguration day.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
When a voter chooses candidates from different political parties on the same ballot, they are engaging in this practice.
What is split-ticket voting?
This case made it to where unlimited corporation spending can be poured into political campaigns.
This primary purpose of _________ involves redrawing district boundaries to give one political party an advantage over another.
What is gerrymandering?
When a third-party candidate takes enough votes from a major party candidate to change the outcome of an election, they're acting as this.
What is a spoiler?
Name two criticisms of the electoral college
Answers vary
This is the process by which people develop their political beliefs and values over time through family, school, media, and life experiences.
What is political socialization?
In an _____ primary, this group of people is allowed to participate in selecting a party's candidate.
What is "open?"
The provision embedded in the Constitution that allows for citizens to replace representatives that serve them poorly reflects THIS constitutional principle.
What is "consent of the governed?"