Exam 11: Political Parties

More than half of individuals earning an annual income of more than $75,000 identify as independents.

Which of the following voter profiles most strongly suggests that an individual will identify with the Republican Party?

Examine the role of minor parties in U.S.politics.What limitations have kept them from achieving major-party status? Evaluate whether you think it makes sense for voters to cast their ballots for third parties.

The years 1876 to 1900 had __________.

The competitive two-party system has always featured prominently in the United States.

Scholarship suggests that more than half of the promises in the victorious party's presidential platform are completely or mostly implemented.

What typically precedes a party realignment?

What is the single greatest influence in establishing a person's first party identification?

How does the Missouri Plan suggest that judges be selected at the state level?

Parties in Congress are not equally polarized: __________ are further from the center than are their counterparts.

Why do other democracies have more political parties than does the United States?

The decrease in the number of __________ has been identified as one cause of increasing polarization.

Hispanic voters tend to support the __________ Party.

Most researchers now explain the gender gap in party identification as the Republican Party's difficulties in attracting women more than the Democratic Party's difficulties in attracting men.

How has party-line voting in Congress changed in the past few years?

What has become the most powerful predictor of how members of Congress vote?

The modern party era is known for its __________-centered politics.

Modern national party conventions serve what end?

Which of the following is a minor party that was formed to oppose desegregation?

Review the key phases of political party development in the United States,demonstrating knowledge of realignments between the eras.Describe how the Framers viewed political parties.