Unit 7: Running for Office

Political Parties

100

What are the names of the two major political parties in the United States today?

Democrat and Republican

200

• Raising workers’ wages
• Creating good-paying, clean energy jobs
• Making the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes
• Establishing universal health care
• Securing environmental and climate justice

Which political party is this?

Democratic party

300

• “freedom, liberty, personal responsibility and accountability”
• “lower taxes, less government and more freedom”

Which political party is this?

Republican party

400

Absolute freedom of speech and religion

Libertarian Party

500

• Under capitalism, business owners exploit their workers.
• Workers can only improve their position through government regulation.
• Workers have to cooperate with other groups that are democratically elected.

Which party is this?

Communist Party

Qualifications for Public Office

100

• Be at least 25 years old
• Be a U.S. citizen at least 7 years
• Reside in the state to be represented

Member of the U.S House of representatives

200

Jaxson is running for the U.S Senate. What is one of the qualifications for office he must meet?

A. Be at least 21 years old

B. Be a “natural born” citizen

C. Reside in the state he will represent

D. Have resided in the United States for the last 14 years

Reside in the state he will represent

300

At least 30 years old, a citizen for 9 years, and live in the state they represent.

Senate

400

A natural born citizen, at least 35 years old, and a resident of the United States for at least 14 years.

President 

500

How old must an elector be?

To be a registered voter in Florida you have to be a U.S. citizen, a Florida resident and at least 18 years old.

Vocabulary

100

Define candidate?

a person running for political office

200

Define issue based platform

a document stating the goals and principles of a political

party or political candidate, also known as a political platform

300

Define natural born citizen

someone who was born in the U.S. or born to U.S. citizens

400

Define elector

a person who has the right to vote in an election

500

Define third party

a political party that is not one of the two major parties in the country; a minor party

Evaluating candidates

100

What are the Two main things you would judge a political candidate on?

Answers will vary

the positions they take on issues and the leadership qualities and experience they would bring to the office

200

What are political advertisements?

commercials that present positive features of political candidates

300

 Who is more fit for office, someone with government experience or someone with management experience?

Someone with government experience.

400

What do you call the traits, experience and accomplishments that fit a candidate for some function or office?

A. lobbyist

B. qualification

C. evaluate

D. election

 

Qualification

500

Which of the following IS NOT a CANDIDATE QUALIFICATION that voters should consider when voting? 

A. A candidates political platform their voting record

B. work experience

C. education

D. personal preferences in diet or clothing

personal preferences in diet or clothing

RANDOM

100

In the modern political system, which issue represents a basic disagreement between Republicans and Democrats?

The responsibilities of government

200

What political party believes the government should play a bigger role in providing health care for everyone?

Democrats

300

TRUE OR FALSE 

The outcome of the U.S Supreme Court Bush VS. Gore election was A manual recount of votes in Florida was halted, determining the outcome of the Presidential election.

TRUE

400

TRUE OR FALSE

The platform of the majority party will have little impact on the way their members vote in Congress.

FALSE

500

The newspaper headline below describes the result of an election:

"Richards wins against all odds!"

Why might this have been a difficult election for Richards to win?

A. Richards is a homeowner

B. Richards is a party leader

C. Richards has less political experience than his opponent

D. Richards has less employment experience than his opponent 

C. Richards has less political experience than his opponent