Political Parties Quiz 19 (60 MCQs)

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1. The role of political parties is outlined in the U.S. Constitution.
2. Which political ideology wants quick change, a change that can be explained(usually to an earlier way of doing things), and is willing to use violence to enact this change?
3. Why are government leaders often influenced by special interest groups?
4. Which of these countries has a one-party system?
5. When party rules who does not rule?
6. Who was the Conservative Prime Minister between 2010 and 2017?
7. True or FalseThere have always been two main political parties in the United States.
8. A party's belief on one specific topic
9. The FNM won the government for the first time in?
10. What is hard money?
11. All of the people entitled to vote in a given election
12. What doubled the size of the US?
13. Which of the following is an example of a third party?
14. Protect minority rights
15. America's Two Party System:Most Americans have a general agreement on fundamental matters.
16. What best describes a valence issue?
17. Who became president in 1796 with the most electoral votes?
18. Why do third parties usually fail?
19. What animal is the mascot for the Republican Party?
20. If an elected official bases his/her decisions on what the party as a whole likes, this is called
21. The ..... are the individual parts of a party's platform.
22. Preliminary elections in which contenders from the same party seek party's nomination are called .....
23. In order for a Republican and Democratic candidate to run for president, they must first win their party's .....
24. Which of the following is not an example of a third party?
25. The main difference in ideology between Republicans and Democrats is how much of a direct a role the government should take in daily lives of citizens.
26. Which of the following is NOT a function of all political parties?
27. True or False:Political Parties are stated as a main part of our political system in the U.S. Constitution?
28. Appealing to ordinary people by making a candidate seem to be like them.
29. Most people tend to support the same political party of their families.
30. A Congressional election that occurs between Presidential Elections. This year is an example:
31. Before a candidate can run for office, they must first be what?
32. A party platform is .....
33. What is the name of one of the smaller political parties in the United States?
34. To swear someone into office
35. Believe in strong national government; higher tariffs; govern-ment support of industry. (Alexander Hamilton, John Adams)
36. The PPERA 2000 established that a political party could spend a maximum of how much in each constituency during an election cycle?
37. A problem within society that impacts the people
38. What does "Ruling party" mean?
39. A political party is a group of people who seek to control ..... by winning elections and holding office.
40. Which of the following individuals campaigned for President as a third party (the Bull Moose party)?
41. Which is NOT a function of political parties?
42. Party supports protecting and providing for the health and well-being of its citizens.
43. Granted Women the Right to Vote
44. What do interest groups use to influence courts?
45. Which is NOT a purpose of a political party?
46. The age you can 1st register to vote is
47. The ..... believed that only educated, wealthy men should hold public office.
48. A voter or candidate who does not identify with a political party.
49. Neither of these first two contest (caucus and primary) are in states that are significant electorally-speaking?
50. The FNM were members that broke away from the PLP?
51. Recognised political parties stands for
52. The term "bicameralism" refers to the
53. Which political party was created by Thomas Jefferson?
54. POLITICAL PARTIES DO NOT ENJOY MUCH TURSTS AMONG THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH ASIA.
55. Who is the leader of the Senate?
56. The District of Columbia did not always allow its citizens to vote in presidential elections. What amendment gave them the right to vote in presidential elections?
57. What a political party or political candidates believe in and STAND for is called their
58. What kind of party system does the United States have?
59. How many Electoral College votes do you need to win
60. I most elections, the candidate with the most votes wins. However in a presidential election a candidate must win a majority in the .....