Exam 8: Political Parties

In the 2000 election,the candidacy of Ralph Nader

Discuss two of the ways the electoral college originally undermined presidential-vice presidential party tickets,and how the Twelfth Amendment fixed this problem.

The last candidate for president elected without party competition was

Which president portrayed the Democrats as big spenders,but his administration spent more than $1 trillion for defense?

Federalism in the electoral system refers to

How has party identification changed amongst white southerners from 1952 to the present?

The Era of Good Feelings was characterized by

During the decades from the economic depression of the 1890s until the stock market crash in 1929,presidential elections were dominated by the __________ Party.​

According to Edmund Burke,the reason people unite in parties is to​

The Twelfth Amendment​

The __________ was the first "third" party in American history to challenge the two major parties for the presidency and called the first national party convention.

Identify and describe the four different eras of ​political party dominance since the Civil War.

The Republican Party was established in response to the issue of

Congressman __________ was the 1988 Libertarian Party presidential candidate.He was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1996,where he served until 2013.

One of the most convincing explanations for the persistence of the two-party system in the United States lies in its use of

In the early days of America,​ the president was chosen by

Summarize the major explanations for why the United States features a two-party system and why it has remained stable for so long.

Advocates for political parties argue that they do all but which of the following?

__________,candidate for president in 1992,ran as an independent and won 19 percent of the popular vote.

Suppose the United States abolished political parties.Voters would then