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13 Cards in this Set
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A political party is different from an interest group in that a political party |
seeks to control the government by nominating candidates and electing its member to office th |
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the congressional election system in the united states is called first past the post because |
the candidate with the most votes wins even if she did not win majority of the popular vote |
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the practice of tailoring campaign messages to individuals in small, homogenous groups is referred to as |
micro-targeting |
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which of the following is not determined at a party’s national convention? |
the congressional committees party representatives will be assigned to |
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the 2020 Bipartisan campaign reform act outlawed |
soft money |
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the strength of traditional party machines depended most heavily on |
patronage |
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by identifying problems and proposing policies that will expand their party’s base of support part leaders can act as which |
policy entrepreneurs |
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which of the following features of the house of representatives is determined by a vote of the whole membership rather than by decisions within each party? |
selection of the speaker of the house |
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the decline in partisan attachment in the electorate is referred to as |
dealignment |
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which party pledged to ban slavery from the western territories in 1850? |
republican |
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the so called New Deal was severely strained |
during the 1960s by conflicts over civil rights and during the Vietnam war |
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the periodic episodes in american history in which an “old” dominant political party is replaced by a “new” dominant political party are called |
electoral realignments |
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third parties have influenced national politics mainly by |
promoting specific issues |
