Government Chapter 8

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party competition

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battle between two major political parties for the control of Public Office

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elected officials who call themselves the members of a party constitute the political what?

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party-in-government

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what are teams of men and women seeking control of the governing apparatus by gaining offices in duly constituted elections

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political parties

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"party-in-the-electorate"

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people who are identified with party affiliation

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party nomination

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party's endorsement of a candidate to officially run for an office

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what is the theory that seeks to explain political processes and outcomes as a consequence of purposive behavior

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rational-choice theory

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when do voters use rational choice

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to cast their votes in favor of a particular candidate

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who came up with the model that a rational party will adopt a policy position closest to the views of majority of voters

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Anthony Downs'

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what does a successful party usually do

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complies with the public's midpoint opinions instead of two extreme points

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in recent elections, what have the trends in party identification done

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decrease in percentage of parties and increase in percentage of independents

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open primaries

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allow voters to decide on Election Day whether they want to participate in Democratic or Republican contests

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If you are a democrat you can vote in...

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democratic closed, open, and blanket primary

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If you are a republican, you can vote in...

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republican open, closed, and blanket primary

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American national parties are described as

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loose aggregations of the state parties

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where is the supreme power of each party

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in the parties national convention

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what does the party's national committee do?

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keeps party operating between to consecutive conventions

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who is responsible for the national party's day to day activities

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national chairperson

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two examples of critical election are:

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displacement of majority republicans with democrats during the great recession and emergence of rep party during the civil war period

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party realignment is a ---- event in the US

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rare

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what is party realignment usually associated with?

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national crisis or trauma

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what is party realignment

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when one party's majority domination is replaced with another party's majority position

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what did the first two party system in the US consist of

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federalists and democratic-republicans

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who was the first president identified as a democrat

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Andrew Jackson

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what did the republican party start actively as?

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anti-slavery party

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which election ended the long republican majority and brought the democrats to power

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1932 as a result of the Great Depression

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Which president brought together the New Deal coalition in the 1930's in support of his candidacy, making republicans the minority for decades?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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divided party government

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when on party owns the white house and the other party controls one or both houses of Congress

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what has decreased over the past thirty years

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party loyalty

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what has risen in the past thirty years

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people with no party affiliation

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In 2000, Green party ------- ---- brought attention to environmental issues and drew a small percentage of votes from presidential candidate ----

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Ralph Nader, Al-Gore

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What does the American two party system promote?

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moderation in conflict, but creates ambitious policy positions

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who believes that parties should present distinct, comprehensive programs for governing the nation and carrying out programs?

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responsible party model

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linkage institutions

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translate inputs from the public into outputs from the policymakers

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ticket splitting

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voting one party for one office and the other party for another

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who cannot vote in republican or democratic primaries?

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independents

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--- ---- occur rarely, but shake up American political systems and involve major realignment and coalitions by a major political party

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critical elections

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Since ----, neither of the two parties have been consistently and completely in charge. The US has been in an era of ---- --- ----

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1968, divided government system