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Review Questions
1. Which supporter of federalism. warned people about the dangers of political parties?
d. George Washington
2. Which of the following was not a third-party challenger?
a. Whig Party
3. Why were the early U.S. political parties formed?
Early parties were electoral
coalitions of elites, mostly in the U.S.
Congress. They were mostly designed to help win House elections and the presidency, but they quickly expanded activities to the state level.
4. What techniques led the Democratic Party to national prominence in the 1830s through 1850s?
The democratic party worked hard to build grassroots organizations and maximize the turnout of
voters. They also use patronage to grow in popularity.
5. In which type of electoral system do voters select the party of their choice rather than an individual candidate?
a. proportional representation
6. Which of the following does not represent a major contributing factor in party realignment?
d. third parties
7. What impact, if any, do third parties typically have on U.S. elections?
Third parties bring important issues to the attention of the major parties. They also often serve as spoilers in the elections they enter.
8. In what ways do political parties collude with state and local government to prevent the rise of
new parties?
Election laws make it harder to get on the ballot and the Electoral College makes it harder for third parties to earn votes.
9. Which level of party organization is most responsible for helping the party's nominee win the presidency?
d. national
10. How do members of the party organization differ from party identifiers? What role does each
play in the party as a whole?
The party organization are active members in supporting party behavior and candidates, party identifiers are mostly citizens and voters who identify with the party.
11. Why is winning votes so important to political parties? How does the need to win elections affect party structures?
Parties can't influence and
enact policy without winning.
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They must organize at each level at which elections take
place in order to contest elections and develop
candidates
12. What are the positives and negatives of partisan polarization?
Positive: Provides voters with distinct choices
Negative: Moderates aren't voting or participating in government and it amplifies inter-party conflict.
13. What is the sorting thesis, and what does it suggest as the cause of party polarization?
The sorting thesis says that voters change party allegiances in response to shifts in party position. It suggests that polarization is a function of voters' paying more attention to national politics and voting more consistently
14. Does gerrymandering lead to increased polarization?
15. How have the Tea Party and Occupy Wall
Street Movement affected partisan politics?
They have pulled their respective parties further to the ideological poles and have changed the issues parties consider. They may also have made compromise
more difficult.
16. Is it possible for a serious third party to emerge in the United States, positioned ideologically
between the Democrats on the left and the Republicans on the right? Why or why not?
17. In what ways are political parties of the people and in what ways might they be more responsive to elites?
18. If you were required to become active in some aspect of a political party, what activity and level of party organization would you choose and why?
19. Is it preferable for the U.S. government to have unifled party control or divided government? Why?
20. In general, do parties make the business of government easier or harder to accomplish?