Question 1

The responsible party model requires parties to meet which of the following conditions?

Accepted Answer

A) Parties must present distinct,comprehensive programs for governing the nation. 
B) Each party's candidates must be committed to its program and have internal cohesion and discipline to carry out its program. 
C) The majority party must implement its programs,and the minority party must state what it would do if it were in power. 
D) The majority party must accept responsibility for the performance of the government. 
E) All of the above are true. 
A) Parties must present distinct,comprehensive programs for governing the nation. 
B) Each party's candidates must be committed to its program and have internal cohesion and discipline to carry out its program. 
C) The majority party must implement its programs,and the minority party must state what it would do if it were in power. 
D) The majority party must accept responsibility for the performance of the government. 
E) All of the above are true.

Question 2

What is one of the reasons that urban party machines are no longer very active?

Accepted Answer

A) Progressive reforms that placed jobs under the merit system weakened the machines' power. 
B) Regulations concerning fair bidding on government contracts were struck down. 
C) Ethic integration became less prevalent. 
D) Progressive regulations were struck down by the Supreme Court. 
E) All of the party bosses died out. 
A) Progressive reforms that placed jobs under the merit system weakened the machines' power. 
B) Regulations concerning fair bidding on government contracts were struck down. 
C) Ethic integration became less prevalent. 
D) Progressive regulations were struck down by the Supreme Court. 
E) All of the party bosses died out.

Question 3

The term "party machine" refers to the engine of fundraising in contemporary campaigns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Compare and contrast the phenomena of party dealignment and party realignment.

Accepted Answer

Party dealignment and party realignment

Question 5

The Republican Party began as the

Accepted Answer

A) party of big business interests. 
B) principal antislavery party. 
C) principal proslavery party. 
D) party of states' rights and silver money. 
E) party of the New Deal. 
A) party of big business interests. 
B) principal antislavery party. 
C) principal proslavery party. 
D) party of states' rights and silver money. 
E) party of the New Deal.

Question 6

Do parties keep their campaign promises? For what purpose is a party platform,and how well does it predict the policies the party attempts to carry out when its candidates win office? In your opinion,are America's two political parties sufficiently different or too much the same? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Parties may or may not keep their campai

Question 7

There are three dimensions to political parties: the party in the electorate,the party as an organization,and the party in government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Historical periods in which a majority of voters clings to the party in power,enabling that party to win a majority of elections,is called a party era.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

People who call themselves Independent are the least likely among voters to engage in ticket splitting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The responsible party model requires parties to meet which of the following conditions?

What is one of the reasons that urban party machines are no longer very active?

The term "party machine" refers to the engine of fundraising in contemporary campaigns.

Compare and contrast the phenomena of party dealignment and party realignment.

The Republican Party began as the

Do parties keep their campaign promises? For what purpose is a party platform,and how well does it predict the policies the party attempts to carry out when its candidates win office? In your opinion,are America's two political parties sufficiently different or too much the same? Explain.

There are three dimensions to political parties: the party in the electorate,the party as an organization,and the party in government.

Historical periods in which a majority of voters clings to the party in power,enabling that party to win a majority of elections,is called a party era.

People who call themselves Independent are the least likely among voters to engage in ticket splitting.

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Exam 8: Political Parties

The responsible party model requires parties to meet which of the following conditions?

What is one of the reasons that urban party machines are no longer very active?

The term "party machine" refers to the engine of fundraising in contemporary campaigns.

Compare and contrast the phenomena of party dealignment and party realignment.

The Republican Party began as the

Do parties keep their campaign promises? For what purpose is a party platform,and how well does it predict the policies the party attempts to carry out when its candidates win office? In your opinion,are America's two political parties sufficiently different or too much the same? Explain.

There are three dimensions to political parties: the party in the electorate,the party as an organization,and the party in government.

Historical periods in which a majority of voters clings to the party in power,enabling that party to win a majority of elections,is called a party era.

People who call themselves Independent are the least likely among voters to engage in ticket splitting.

Introducing Government in America

The Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties and Public Policy

Civil Rights and Public Policy

Public Opinion and Political Action

The Mass Media and the Political Agenda

Campaigns and Voting Behavior

Interest Groups

Congress

The Presidency

The Federal Bureaucracy

The Federal Courts

Congress,the President,and the Budget: the Politics of Taxing and Spending

Social Welfare Policymaking

National Security Policymaking

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