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CH 07 CHAPTER QUIZ ( American Government )

Terms in this set (22)

(Q001) A key difference between political parties and interest groups is that although both are organized groups that seek to influence the government, unlike interest groups, political parties seek to influence government by
electing its members to office
(Q002) Which of the following best describes what happens during an electoral realignment?
The coalitions of voters that support the parties change significantly.
(Q003) __________ primaries only allow registered members of a political party to vote to select that party's candidates, whereas __________ primaries allow all registered voters to choose which party's primary they will participate in.
Closed; open
(Q004) A type of party formation in which political conflict prompts officials and competing factions within government to mobilize popular support is called __________ mobilization.
internal
(Q005) Parties use this process to select a single candidate to run for each elective office.
nomination
(Q006) Funding from politically active nonprofits whose donors and amounts contributed do not have to be made public is best known as
dark money
(Q007) In 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission,
ruled that the government cannot restrict independent expenditures by corporations or unions to political campaigns.
(Q008) In order to win the presidency, a candidate must receive __________ of electoral college votes.
a majority (270)
(Q009) When one party controls the presidency, and another party controls either one or both houses of Congress, the United States has a __________ government.
divided
(Q010) __________ involves tailoring campaign messages to individuals in small, homogenous groups, for instance, NFL fans.
Micro-targeting
(Q011) Political action committees (PACs) are organizations established
by corporations, labor unions, or interest groups to channel the contributions of their members into political campaigns.
(Q012) States hold __________ to select their delegates to the Democratic and Republican national conventions.
primaries
(Q013) Suffrage refers to the
right to vote.
(Q014) The __________ is a candidate running for re-election to a position that he or she already holds.
incumbent
(Q015) Which of the following is the main reason why third-party or non-aligned candidates almost always fail to win an election?
the party system
(Q016) The president of the United States is selected
through the electoral college.
(Q017) The Republican Party was originally formed
as a coalition of antislavery forces.
(Q018) The Speaker of the House is actually selected by
the party that holds the majority of seats in the House.
(Q019) The term __________ refers to the number of parties competing for power, the organization of the parties, the dominant form of campaigning, the main division between the parties, the balance of power between and within party coalitions, social and institutional bases, and the issues and policies around which party competition is organized.
party system
(Q020) What are 527 committees?
nonprofit independent groups that receive and disburse funds to influence elections
(Q021) Which of the following is an example of direct democracy in practice in the United States today?
referendum
(Q022) An individual voter's psychological ties to one party or another is known as
party identification.
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