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Political Parties Quiz 17 (60 MCQs)

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1. True or False. Generally, Americans vote for candidates they agree with and whose party has pledged to handle problems in a way they agree with.
2. Presidents are elected through the popular vote.
3. In what year did Democrats and Republicans become the major political parties in the United States?
4. Step of public policy process which recognizes a specific problem (civic issue)
5. Other organizations also promote public policy. Sometimes they actually do it better than the political parties.
6. The beliefs and policies of each political party are listed in their-
7. The organization of Republicans within the House and Senate that meets to discuss and debate the party's positions on various issues in order to reach a consensus and to assign leadership positions.
8. Candidates were John Adams and Thomas Pinckney
9. A political party that challenges the 2 major parties
10. A state that does not show consistent affiliation with either party and may give majority to either one is referred to as .....
11. The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution lowered the voting age to 18 years old.
12. What is another name for "battleground" states?
13. Which one of the following is not a component of political parties
14. All of the following are likely to vote for Republicans except
15. What are the symbols used for the two political parties?
16. Combat climate crisis
17. The least amount of electoral votes that a state may have.
18. What is the guiding philosophy of Communist Party ofIndia?
19. Of the factors of party success what was most influential in the failure of Major's Conservatives?
20. Most of the Framers opposed choosing the President by popular vote because they .....
21. Why are people with higher-than-average education more likely to vote?
22. What do special interest groups and political parties both have in common?
23. Who OPPOSED a national bank as proposed by Alexander Hamilton?
24. Delegates from every state attend a political party's national convention to nominate the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates.
25. Political parties are most visible institutions in a democracy. Which of these is false?
26. Party leaders meet with a senator who is not supporting the party's platform on environmental issues.
27. Parties hold primary debates to help voters choose which candidate from each party will run in the general election.
28. A close relationship b/w an agency, a congressional committee, and an interest group
29. The term 'partisan' means:
30. I was a president who warned the nation against political parties.
31. Party leaders and elected officials who become delegates to the national convention without having to run in primaries or caucuses
32. What type of people were usually Democratic-Republicans?
33. The candidate who wins the most votes across the entire country has won the:
34. Check off the role of political parties that is best illustrated by the following example. Ex:A committee of legislators from one party meets to draft a law that will be acceptable to everyone in the party.
35. Monitor the actions of officeholders
36. Someone who does not associate with any political party
37. Which Article of Constitution provides for an independent Election Commission in order to ensure free & fair elections in the country?
38. What did Jefferson and Madison's supporters call themselves?
39. What is a unitary system of government? Remember uni means one ..... like a unicorn has one corn.
40. What are the parties which are given the special privilege of 'election symbol' and other facilities?
41. The President travels to Texas to speak at a rally in support of a Republican Senator running for reelection.
42. Which party was also known as the Democratic-Republicans?
43. Campaign finance reform has led to legislation that .....
44. Who is considered the founder of the Democratic Republican Party?
45. TRUSTED the federal gov't
46. Ideological consensus has created two major parties that .....
47. What is a group of individuals with a common interest (getting their candidate elected) upon which every political party depends?
48. To register to vote in the state of Virginia you must:
49. Which example represents the media acting as watchdog?
50. What is likely to happen when minor parties are successful?
51. Health care should remain privatized. The problem of uninsured individuals should be addressed and solved within the free market healthcare system-the government should not control healthcare.
52. Someone with a right leaning ideology
53. In which type of government does one person hold the power?
54. In which type of government does a small, elite group person hold the power?
55. Which term BEST describes the American political party system?
56. In order to get his financial program through Congress in 1790, Alexander Hamilton made a deal to move the nation's capital from:
57. When a candidate states that he or she is planning to run for office.
58. Who believed the U.S. economy should be based on farming and agriculture?
59. Many Americans agreed with George Washington's belief that ..... were harmful to good government.
60. What is one reason why UKIP's support was not reflected in parliamentary seats in the 2017 general election?
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