GOVERNMENT,CHAPTER 5 POLITICAL PARTIES. POLITICAL PARTY #1-WHAT IS A POLITICAL PARTY?

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GOVERNMENT,CHAPTER 5 POLITICAL PARTIES

POLITICAL PARTY #1-WHAT IS A POLITICAL PARTY?

#1-ANSWER POLITICAL PARTY A GROUP OF PEOPLE, JOINED TOGETHER ON BASIS OF CERTAIN COMMON PRINCIPLES, WHO SEEK TO CONTROL GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO SECURE THE ADOPTION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC POLICES AND PROGRAMS.

#2- MAJOR PARTIES MAJOR PARTIES ARE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT.

#3-WARD WHAT IS A WARD?

#3-ANSWER IT IS A UNIT INTO WHICH CITIES ARE OFTEN DIVIDED FOR THE ELECTION OF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

#4-PRECINCT WHAT IS A PRECINCT?

#4-ANSWER PRECINCT IS THE SMALLEST UNIT OF ELECTION ADMINISTRATION; THE VOTERS IN EACH PRECINCT CAST THEIR BALLOTS AT ONE POLLING PLACE LOCATED WITHIN THE PRECINCT.

#5- MINOR PARTY WHAT ARE MINOR PARTIES?

#5-MINOR PARTIES WHAT ARE MINOR PARTIES?

#5-ANSWER MINOR PARTIES MINOR PARTIES CAN BE SPLIT INTO FOUR AREAS. IDEOLGICAL SINGLE-ISSUE PARTIES ECONOMIC PROTEST PARTIES SPLINTER PARTIES

#6-CONSENSUS WHAT IS A CONSENSUS?

#6-ANSWER- CONSENSUS A GENERAL AGREEMENT AMONG VARIOUS GROUPS- ON MATTERS OF FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE. THIS HELPS THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM!

#7- COALITION WHAT IS A COALITION?

#7- COALITION IS A TEMPORARY ALLIANCE OF SEVERAL GROUPS WHO COME TOGETHER TO FORM A WORKING MAJORITY AND SO TO CONTROL A GOVERNMENT. UNITED KINGDOM (BRITAN) WOULD BE A EXAMPLE, WITH ITS THREE MAJOR PARTIES!

#8-PLURALITY WHAT IS A PLURALITY?

#8- PLURALITY WHAT IS A PLURALITY?

#8-ANSWER PLURALITY THE WINNING CANDIDATE IS THE ONE WHO RECEIVES A PLURALITY OR THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES CAST FOR THE OFFICE. NOTE THAT A PLURALITY NEED NOT BE A MAJORITY, OR MORE THAN HALF OF ALL VOTES CAST IN ANY GIVEN ELECTION. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF LO. SENATE ELECTION!

#9- ELECTORATE WHAT IS A ELECTORATE?

#9- ANSWER ELECTORATE THE ELIGIBLE VOTERS!

#10- PLURALISTIC SOCIETY WHAT IS A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY?

#10- ANSWER PLURALISTIC SOCIETY THE UNITED STATES PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED INTO MANY DEFFERENT GROUPS. SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (LOBBYIST WHICH REPRESENT THEM) WITH MONEY HAVE MUCH POWER TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY. IT IS SAID IF YOU DO NOT BELONG TO A PLURALISTIC GROUP YOU HAVE NO POWER TO CHANGE!

#11- SPLIT-TICKET-VOTING WHAT IS SPLIT-TICKET-VOTING?

#11-ANSWER- SPLIT-TICKET-VOTING WHEN A VOTER, VOTES FOR BOTH PARTIES CANDIDATES.

#12- SPLINTER PARTIES WHAT IS A SPLINTER PARTY?

#12-ANSWER SPLINTER PARTIES THOSE THAT HAVE SPLIT AWAY FROM ONE OF THE TWO MAIN PARTIES. EXAMPLES- BULL MOOSE PARTY, HENRY WALLACE PROGRESSIVE PARTY, GEORGE WALLACE’S AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY (1968), DIXIECRAT OR STATE RIGHTS PARTY(1948)

#13- SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT WHAT IS A SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT?

#13-ANSWER SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT NEARLY ALL ELECTIONS HELD IN THIS COUNTRY- FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST TO THOSE AT THE LOCAL LEVELS – ARE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT ELECTIONS. THAT IS, THEY ARE CONTEST IN WHICH ONLY ONE CANDIDATE IS ELECTED TO EACH OFFICE ON THE BALLOT. THIS WILL MOST LIKELY FAVOR THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM. MOST STATES HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR OTHERS TO BE ON THE BALLOT! REMEMBER BOTH PARTIES CONTROL ELECTION LAWS IN THEIR STATE.

#14-SINGLE-ISSUE PARTY WHAT IS A SINGLE-ISSUE PARTY?

#14- ANSWER- SINGLE-ISSUE PARTY THESE PARTIES ONLY FOCUS ON ONLY ONE PUBLIC POLICY MATTER. EXAMPLE- GREEN PARTY, FREE SOIL PARTY, KNOW NOTHING PARTY (AMERICAN PARTY)!

#15- ECONOMIC PROTEST PARTIES WHAT ARE ECONOMIC PROTEST PARTIES?

#15-ANSWER-ECONOMIC PROTEST PARTIES THEY ARE UP-SET WITH BOTH PARTIES ON THE ECONOMIC POLICY OF THE COUNTRY. EXAMPLE- GREENBACK PARTY ( ), POPULIST PARTY (1890’S), REFORM PARTY (1992 AND 1996)- ROSS PEROT!

#16- ONE-PARTY SYSTEM ANSWER- CHINA, NORTH KOREA AND CUBA! NO COMPETITION! NO BILL OF RIGHTS!

#17- IDEOLOGICAL PARTIES ANSWER- A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A IDEOLOGICAL PARTY ARE THE LIBERTARIANS. MR. HEARTY WILL TELL YOU ABOUT RON PAUL WHO RAN IN 2008 AS THE CANDIDATE OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY. MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT THEY STAND FOR! HIS SON RAN PAUL IS THE REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM KY. AND MOST THINK HE WILL TRY TO WIN THE NOMINATION IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 2016( CLEVELAND)!

#18-BIPARTISAN ANSWER- BOTH PARTIES WORKING TOGETHER! IT MIGHT BE A BILL THAT THEY COMPROMISE ON! (FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS)

#19- PARTISAN ANSWER- BOTH PARTIES ARE FAR APART ON A BILL! EXAMPLE- INSTEAD OF BOTH PARTIES WORKING TOGETHER ON HEALTHCARE WE NOW HAVE OBAMACARE! NO REPUBLICANS VOTED FOR THIS BILL!

#20- INCUMBENT WHAT IS A INCUMBENT?

#20-ANSWER INCUMBENT THE CURRENT OFFICEHOLDER RUNNING TO KEEP HER OR HIS OFFICE!