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Vocabulary
Candidates
Super Tuesday
Political Parties
Political Spectrum
100
an organized group of people with similar political aims and opinions that seek to influence public policy
What is Political Party
100
Which candidate is considered to be a businessman?
What is Donald Trump
100
This year America will elect its _____ President
What is 45th
100
The donkey represents which political party?
What is Democrat
100
Which political party is to the LEFT of moderate on the spectrum?
What is Liberal
200
a person who applies for a job or is nominated for an election
What is a Candidate
200
Which candidate is a former Secretary of State?
What is Hillary Clinton
200
Name 3 states that participated in Super Tuesday
What is Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming
200
The Elephant represents which political party?
What is Republican
200
Which political party is to the RIGHT of moderate on the spectrum?
What is Conservative
300
a list of values and actions which are supported by a political party or individual candidate
What is a Platform
300
Name a candidate who supports action on climate change.
What is Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders
300
Which candidate lead the Republican Party on Super Tuesday this year?
What is Donald Trump
300
Which political cartoonist is credited for making the elephant and donkey famous?
What is Thomas Nast
300
This group favors rapid change in social, political, economic affairs
What is Radical
400
a statewide voting process in which voters cast secret ballots for their preferred candidates
What is a Primary
400
Which candidate proposes that we leave death penalties up to the individual states?
What is Ben Carson
400
Whish candidate lead the Democratic party on Super Tuesday this year?
What is Hillary Clinton
400
True or False. Members of political parties always agree on every issue.
What is False
400
Favor going back “to the old ways” in social, political, economic affairs
What is Reactionary
500
a system of local gatherings where voters decide which candidate to support
What is a Caucus
500
Name each of the Democrat and Republican candidates.
What is Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, John Kasich
500
What is Super Tuesday?
What is a Primary
500
Political parties write their basic beliefs on a list, called the what?
What is Platform
500
Which group generally does NOT hold any extreme views?
What is Moderate