APGovCh11KristianRuiz

Question 1

Political Party

Answer 1

An organized group that may include office holders, candidates, activists, and voters who pursue their common interests by gaining and exercising power through the electoral process.

Question 2

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 2

Principle drafter of the Declaration of Independence; second vice president of the United States; third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 Co-founder of the Democratic-Republican Party.

Question 3

Political Machine

Answer 3

A party organization that recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives and is characterized by a high degree of control over member activity.

Question 4

Candidate-centered Politics

Answer 4

Politics that focus on the candidates, their particular issues, and character rather than party affiliation.

Question 5

Party Realignment

Answer 5

Dramatic shifts in partisan preferences that drastically alter the political landscape.

Question 6

Critical Election

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An election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization around new issues and personalities.

Question 7

Secular Realignment

Answer 7

The gradual rearrangement of party coalitions, based more on demographic shifts than on shocks to the political system.

Question 8

National Convention

Answer 8

A party meeting held in the presidential election year for the purposes of nominating a presidential and vice presidential ticket and adopting a platform.

Question 9

Superdelegate

Answer 9

Delegate to the Democratic Partys national convention that is reserved for a party official and whose vote at the convention is unpledged to a candidate.

Question 10

Donald J. Trump

Answer 10

The forty-fifth president, a Republican, elected in 2016; first president elected without prior political or military experience; an experienced businessman.

Question 11

National Party Platform

Answer 11

A statement of the general and specific philosophy and policy goals of a political party, usually promulgated at the national convention.

Question 12

Barack Obama

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The first African American president of the United States, a Democrat, who served as forty-fourth president from 2009 to 2017. Senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008; member of the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004.

Question 13

Party identification

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A citizens attachment to a political party based on issues, ideology, past experience, or upbringing, which tends to be a reliable indicator of likely voting choices.

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Hillary Clinton

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First Female major party candidate for president of the United States, a Democrat, who ran against President Donald J. Trump in 2016. Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013; New York senator from 2001 to 2009; former first lady.

Question 15

Proportional Representation

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A voting system that apportions legislative seats according to the percentage of the vote won by a particular political party.

Question 16

Winner-take-all system

Answer 16

An electoral system in which the party that receives at least one more vote than any other party wins the election.

Question 17

Partisan Polarization

Answer 17

The presence of increasingly of increasingly conflicting and divided viewpoints between the Democratic and Republican Parties.

Question 18

Delegate

Answer 18

Role played by representative who votes the way his or hear constituents would want, regardless of personal opinions; may refer to an elected representative to Congress or a representative to the party convention.