Exam 12: Political Parties

Which collective dilemma among members of a political party in the electorate is most clearly resolved by the process of each party nominating a single candidate to run for any given office?

What is the primary role of a party in the electorate?

Which of these is the best example of the three functions of political parties working together?

Which president is most closely associated with the development of the Democratic Party's network of state-level organizations during the Second Party System?

What is a political party? How is it different from an interest group? What are the major functions of parties in government,parties in the electorate,and parties as organizations? How do these three party roles relate to one another? What kind of oversight or organization ensures the effective integration of various components of American political parties?

The strategy of appealing to a party's ?0Òbase?1Ó originated during the ____________________ party system.

How can interest groups affect primary elections?

Political machines relied on ____________________ to win the loyalty of voters.

What is Duverger's Law? What relationship does it assert between electoral systems and the number of competitive political parties? Why does this relationship exist?

Identify and explain three major theories of partisan identification.How does each theory conceptualize individual identification with a political party? To what extent does each theory represent partisanship as a psychological identity versus the product of rational judgment? In your opinion,which model most clearly represents your own association (or lack thereof)with a political party?

Which refers to organizations that oversee the nationwide operations of a political party?

Which group was part of the New Deal coalition?