Exam 11: Parties

Assess the relationship between party finance and transparency.How does this relationship allow anonymous interest groups to shape party interests and activities? How might voters benefit from increased transparency?

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Question 1

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1. Explain that, in order to finance party activities, parties turn to donors, who bargain over political interests in exchange for funds.
2. Note that because these donors are anonymous, ostensible party interests become obfuscated in favor of wealthy special interest groups.
3. Appraise the effectiveness of this relationship, explaining that voters would be better served if they could see who funded the candidates for whom they vote.
4. Cite specific examples, including the relationship between Japan's Liberal Democrats and yakuza gangsters or the role of PACs and Super-PACs in the United States.

In Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Communist governments were voted out of power.

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A two party system is a party system with only two parties present.

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"Blue Dog Democrats" are __________.

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Question 4

Because the Democratic Party controlled both the executive and legislative branches, President Johnson was able to push his __________ program into law.

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Question 5

Analyze the relationship between elected officials, their constituents, and political parties.

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Question 6

Differentiate between democratic theory and neo-institutional theory.

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Question 7

Which of the following is an advantage to having less powerful, less centralized parties?

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Question 8

Large parties in particular can be analyzed as __________.

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Question 9

Differentiate between one-party systems and dominant-party systems.

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Question 10

When parties become too messy or fluid, critics call them __________ systems.

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Question 11

New policy ideas almost never come from specialist think tanks.

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Question 12

The British Labour Party and the U.S.Democratic Party attracted workers by __________.

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Question 13

In 2012, the __________ split the Republican Party into pragmatists willing to compromise and militants unwilling to bend.

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Question 14

Today's voters tend to be __________ loyal to their parties than in the past.

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Question 15

Party discipline in the United States is __________ compared to most European nations.

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Question 16

Analyze the method by which left-wing parties propose to level class differences.

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Question 17

Why did Gorbachev fail to break up the Communist power monopoly in the Soviet Union?

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Question 18

Among the most important institutional choices a nation can make is the choice between an electoral system based on single-member districts or on __________ representation.

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Question 19

As Schattschneider argues, Washington becomes "a punching bag for every special and local interest in the nation" because __________.

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Assess the relationship between party finance and transparency.How does this relationship allow anonymous interest groups to shape party interests and activities? How might voters benefit from increased transparency?

In Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Communist governments were voted out of power.

A two party system is a party system with only two parties present.

"Blue Dog Democrats" are __________.

Because the Democratic Party controlled both the executive and legislative branches, President Johnson was able to push his __________ program into law.

Analyze the relationship between elected officials, their constituents, and political parties.

Differentiate between democratic theory and neo-institutional theory.

Which of the following is an advantage to having less powerful, less centralized parties?

Large parties in particular can be analyzed as __________.

Differentiate between one-party systems and dominant-party systems.

When parties become too messy or fluid, critics call them __________ systems.

New policy ideas almost never come from specialist think tanks.

The British Labour Party and the U.S.Democratic Party attracted workers by __________.

In 2012, the __________ split the Republican Party into pragmatists willing to compromise and militants unwilling to bend.

Today's voters tend to be __________ loyal to their parties than in the past.

Party discipline in the United States is __________ compared to most European nations.

Analyze the method by which left-wing parties propose to level class differences.

Why did Gorbachev fail to break up the Communist power monopoly in the Soviet Union?

Among the most important institutional choices a nation can make is the choice between an electoral system based on single-member districts or on __________ representation.

As Schattschneider argues, Washington becomes "a punching bag for every special and local interest in the nation" because __________.

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