Chapter 9 Questions



Political Parties/Citizenship/Elections WS

1. What is the major goal of a political party?

2. What type of party system does the US have?

3. What were the first two political parties?

4. How have third parties influenced politics?

5. What are 3 reasons why third parties form?

6. Why are third parties rarely successful?

7. What is the major difference between the 2 major parties?

8. What does the party’s national committee do?

9. What are 3 things that political parties do?

10. What is a primary?

11. What is the difference between a closed and open primary?

12. In politics, who and what is a watchdog?

13. What is the difference between a platform and a plank?

14. Who rules in a multi-party system where one party fails to get 50% of the vote?

15. What is the difference between an initiative and a referendum?

16. What is an exit poll? What are some downsides of exit polls?

17. What is voter apathy? What are some causes of it?

18. What are three parts of the Republican Party platform?- look at Warm up #8

19. What are three parts of the Democratic Party platform?- look at Warm Up #8

20. How do: interest groups, lobbyists, Political Action Committees (PAC’s) influence politics? What are their positive/negative impacts?

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