Exam 7: Political Parties

Does role theory or rational choice theory better explain the formation of parties? Why? Can role theory and rational choice theory be complementary? In other words, is it rational to create roles?

Role theory states that parties perform each of the following roles EXCEPT

Democrats and Republicans have dominated political competition in the United States since

Why are there political parties? Why does the United States only have two major parties? What could be done to change this?

The party __________ consists of ordinary citizens who identify with the party and who usually support the party's candidates with votes and occasionally with campaign contributions.

The party __________ is the elected and appointed officeholders

Why do political parties persist?

Political parties are nothing like interest groups.

Power of the political party has ________ over time.

Which state currently has a non-partisan legislature?

Republicans have won fewer presidential elections than Democrats.

A one party system is generally

A political party is mainly different from an interest group in that

A political machine