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Political Parties Quiz 78 (60 MCQs)

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1. Third party candidates are OFTEN ..... ?
2. Which President warned America that political parties would divide the nation?
3. Which amendment was directed specifically at increasing voting access for African-Americans?
4. The first presidential election in which you-the class of 2025-will be able to vote will be in 2028. In what year will the next election following that one be?
5. A political party that runs a government is known as ruling party
6. Controls the flow of bills to the House floor
7. These are known as third parties, or those who do not typically win elections but may bring in issues a major party may adopt
8. Which political party believed in a loose interpretation of the constitution?
9. Which animal is the symbol for the Democrats?
10. What is one role of third parties in American politics?
11. Complete the sentence:In a two party system .....
12. Which statement summarizes a belief of the Republican Party?
13. If there are any differences between the parties in an election, where would a citizen find that out?
14. What are the two most common reasons citizens fail to vote?
15. If my beliefs fall in the center of the political spectrum, I am considered to be .....
16. Which of the following is an example of the media exercising its "watchdog' role over government?
17. What is the main difference between political parties as it relates to the objective they want to achieve?
18. Primary elections are held among party members to select:
19. A political party with the most members?
20. In 1796 Thomas Jefferson
21. Who officially elects the president?
22. Who is in charge of a state committee in a political party?
23. Breaks for the established majority party
24. The effect of the "Winner-take-all" system is that
25. Minor parties most often demonstrate their influence by
26. When a political party informs voters about the candidate they are .....
27. An organization that recruits, nominates and elects party members to office in order to control the government
28. On which of the following issues do both Donald Trump and the Republican Party have the support of the majority of the American voters?
29. Primary election in which only persons registered in the party holding the primary may vote
30. The process used to select the president and Vice President is called the-
31. Which statemenr does NOT describe one type of minor party?
32. How many major political parties are in America?
33. Which party is the only third party in history to achieve ballot access in all fifty states?
34. Rising campaign costs
35. Propaganda technique involving the use of showing one-sided information
36. China has just one political paty
37. Democrats are conservative
38. In Parliament the party leader of the majority party is the prime minister. For parties not in power it is the opposition leader.
39. How many constitutions has Florida had?
40. A bill can originate here
41. First political parties in the US were (select all that apply)
42. Wanted a National Bank
43. If the chairperson of the Libertarian party came to me and asked me to run for office, this would be an example of which function of political parties?
44. Groups that raise large amounts of money for candidates are called
45. Multi-party systems are more common in countries with ..... governments
46. In general, the Republicans have more support among the ..... classes
47. The first two political parties in the US were the:
48. Which political party supports military spending
49. Which statement is true about the Federalist Party?
50. America has a what kind of system political system?
51. What does plurality mean in the context of elections?
52. When is Election Day held?
53. Montesquieu's influence on U.S. government
54. First Republican President. He was President of the United States during the Civil War.
55. Which of the following is a disadvantage of a two-party system?
56. A group that raises money to elect and defeat candidates (and may donate limited funds directly to a candidate's campaign) is a .....
57. Which party led the Progressive movement in the early 1900s?
58. What were the names of the first two major political parties in the United States?
59. The process by which political parties select their candidates for election to public office
60. When does the general election happen?
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