Political Parties

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Compared to the past, political parties are

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relatively weak

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label

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where a candidate derives party identification

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Two other ways to guage the strength of a party:

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A)the strength of the organization that recruits and campaigns for candidates
B) the election of leaders who can dominate one or all of the branches of gov't

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In most of our states, candidates are chosen through

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primary elections

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In our political culture, the average citizen's involvement in the parties tends to be limited to

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the act of voting only

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Who opposed political parties?

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George Washington

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Wilsons says this was...

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over concern that disputes over policies and elections could be too closely tied to questions of the legitimacy of the gov't itself

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In the earliest period of our political history, the parties were small coalitions based...

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more on georgraphy and class rather than other interests

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According to Wilson, the parties developed their organizational form and appeal from the time of the

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Civil War until the 1930s

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The movement led by _________ ____________ marks the first time a political party was organized from the bottom up, with party conventions playing a role.

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Andrew Jackson

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The modern _________ party emerged on the heels of the _____ ___.

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Republican
Civil War

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The Progressive movement developed as a reform within the __________ _____.

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Republican Party

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The progressives opposed the _________ ______, and feared the influx of __________ who would simply be drawn into the political machines.

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patronage system
immigrants

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The Progressives favored:

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A) civil service reform
B) strict voter registration requirements
C) non-partisan elections

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Although the Progressive movement did reduce the level of _________ __________, it never solved the problem of how to ______ __________.

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political corruption
select candidates

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In recent years, the Republican National Committee has outperformed its Democratice counterpart in several ways:

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A) participation by party officeholders
B) help given to party candidates
C) money solicited from small contributors

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The _________, for their part, have been better at incorporating diverse factions into their party

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Democrats

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The _________ ___________ manages the day-to-day work of each political party

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national chairsperson

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In the 1960s and 70s, the Republicans became more ______________ , the Democrats more _____________

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bureaucratized
factionalized

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____ _____ is money given to a party rather than to a candidate

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Soft Money

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The rules of delegate allocation have resulted in a more ___________ _________ party and a more _______ _________ party.

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conservative Republican
liberal Democratic

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Democratic reformers in the 1970s sought to ______ the hold of the party leaders and ____________ the role of the ____ and ____

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weaken
strengthen
rank and file

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While the Republicans made their goal the _________ of their ___________, the Democrats were focusing on achieving a fairer distribution of _____ within the party.

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election, candidates
power

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The rules changes in the Democratic party in 1972 were drafter by a commission led by _______ _________.

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George McGovern

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This effort was eventually countered by the ____ _________, within the Democratic party, which designed rule changes to...

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Hunt Commission
increase the influence of party leaders

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Superdelegate

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elected officals and party leaders who are not required to pledge themselves in advance to a presidential candidate

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The rules creating a role for superdelegates benefited _____ _______ in the 1984 Democratic campaign

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Walter Mondale

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The DNC penalized states that violated the rules with a __% loss of their national delegates

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25%

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The three areas of rules changes approved by the DNC in 1992 were:

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A) a rules violation penalty
B)winner-reward systems
C) proportional representation

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Party machines are characterized by a

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high degree of leadership control over the acivities of their members

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the _______ _______ is the supreme expression of the value of organization to a political party

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political machine

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The ________ _______ _____ _____ was developed and perfected in the 19th century before the large-scale Irish and Italian immigrations began coming in.

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classical machine-type party

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these old-style political machines counted heavily on the support of _____ ________

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civil servants

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Three factors brought the old machines to an end:

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A) the Hatch Act of 1939
B) Gov't welfare programs
C) competitive-bidding laws

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Ideological parties, unlike the machine variety, tend to be

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factionalized

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Ideological groups, or reform clubs,of the 50s and 60s, gave rise to

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ideolocial parties composed of single issue activists

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Ideological parties tend to value _______ above all else and they tend to be ____________

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principle
factionalized

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The __________ ___________ is a faction within the Republican Party which is conservative and pro-life

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Christian Coalition