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function as intermediaries between individuals and government
both political parties and interest groups are
anti-federalists
many of the people who were opposed to ratifying the new constitution were called
democratic-republicans
the present-day democratic party grew out of the
the wealthy
the new deal democratic party was a coalition of all but which of the following groups
recruit candidates who agree with the party platform, hold elected officials accountable, adopt a platform stating the party principles
a "responsible party" is expected to do all of the following
liberals who want more government
it would accurate to say that republicans are perceived as
public sector unions
a large source of financial contributions for both political parties would be all of the following groups except
teachers unions
it would be accurate to say that democrats can usually rely on __ for financial support
closed primary
a nominating process in which the party members select delegates to conventions is called a
primary elections
today the __ have largely replaced conventions as the means of selecting nominees for public office
political parties
the principal institution that takes responsibility for organizing elections is/are the
national party chairs and staff
the "real work" of the national party organization is undertaken by the
union members are more likely to be democratic delegates rather than republican delegates
it would be correct to contend that
delegates that are chosen because of their positions in the party and/or the government
"superdelegates" are
john mccain got about 90% of the republican vote in 2008
it would be accurate to state that
texas leans republican, california leans democratic, new york leans democratic
it would be accurate to say that
proportional representation system
minority parties have a better change of gaining some legislative seats in a
proportional representation
an electoral system that allocates seats on the basis of the percentage of votes received is referred to as