5 Written Questions

1. Keeps the party operating between conventions. Composed of representatives from the states and territories.
2. Day-to-day activities of the national party are the responsibility of this person.
3. A rare even in American political life that is akin to a political revolution.
4. Allow voters to decide on election day whether they want to participate in Democratic or Republican contests.
5. When two or more parties join together to form a majority in a national legislature. This form of government is quite common in the multiparty systems of Europe.

5 Matching Questions

1. party identification
2. linkage institutions
3. proportional representation
4. party dealignment
5. closed primaries

1. a The self- proclaimed preference for one party or the other.
2. b Translate inputs from the public into outputs from the policymakers.The are four main linkage institutions in the United States: parties, elections, interest groups, and the media.
3. c An electoral system used throughout most of Europe that awards legislative seats to political parties in proportion to the number of votes won in an election.
4. d The gradual disengagement of people and politicians from the parties, as seen in part by shrinking party identification.
5. e Only people who have registered in advance with the party can vote in its primary, thus encouraging greater party loyalty.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. An electoral system in which legislative seats are awarded only to the candidates who come in first in their constituencies.
   1. party eras
   2. winner-take-all system
   3. political party
   4. party image
2. A view favored by some political scientists about how parties should work. According to the modeal, parties should offer clear choices to the voters, who can then use those choices as cues to their own preferences of candidates.
   1. political party
   2. responsible party model
   3. party image
   4. third parties
3. A "team of men [and women] seeking to control the governing apparatus by gaining office in a duly constituted election."
   1. party eras
   2. political party
   3. coalition
   4. critical election
4. Most voters know (or think they know) what the Republicans and Democrats stand for.
   1. party image
   2. patronage
   3. party machines
   4. party eras
5. The convention meets every four years, and its main task is to write the party's platform and then nominate its canididates for president and vice president.
   1. national committee
   2. national chairperson
   3. critical election
   4. national convention

5 True/False Question

1. patronage → Most voters know (or think they know) what the Republicans and Democrats stand for.
   

   True        False

2. critical election → An electoral earthquake: fissures appear in each party's coalition which begins to fracture; new issues appear, dividing the electorate.
   

   True        False

3. rational- choice theory → "Seeks to explain political processes and outcomes as consequences of purposive behavior.
   

   True        False

4. ticket- splitting → Voting with one party for one office and the other for other offices- has reached record proportions.
   

   True        False

5. party eras → Most voters know (or think they know) what the Republicans and Democrats stand for.
   

   True        False