Unit 4 Test

Question 0

What is an individual part of a partys platform

Answer 0

Plank

Question 1

What party rarely wins major elections and have never won a presidential election

Answer 1

Third parties

Question 2

The United States has what type of system

Answer 2

Two party

Question 3

Who represents their state at their party’s national convention

Answer 3

Delegates

Question 4

What is made up of several adjoining precincts

Answer 4

Ward

Question 5

Local party leaders tried to build support for the party at what levels

Answer 5

Grassroots

Neighborhood

Question 6

In _______ primaries only declard members of a party are allowed to vote for that party’s nominees

Answer 6

Closed

Question 7

Most states award the parties nomination to the candidate who receives a _______ of votes

Answer 7

Plurality

Question 8

What type of primary is held if no candidate gains a required majority

Answer 8

Runoff

Question 9

Representatives from every state make up a political parties what committee

Answer 9

National

Question 10

What type of party is an Association of voters with broad common interests who want to elect candidates that share those interests

Answer 10

Third

Question 11

A platform is a series of statements expressing a parties what

Answer 11

Principles
Beliefs
Positions

Question 12

What party opposes the power of corporations and Favors decision making at the grassroots level

Answer 12

Green

Question 13

Each party chooses its convention delegates by primary elections and

Answer 13

Caucuses

Question 14

Voters in a _____ cast their ballots at the same voting place

Answer 14

Precinct

Question 15

Tammany hall is a

Answer 15

Political machine

Question 16

What primary is an election where voters choose candidates to represent each party in the general election

Answer 16

Direct

Question 17

In what primaries do voters need not declare their party preference to vote for their party’s nominees

Answer 17

Open

Question 18

Independent candidates can get on most states ballots by

Answer 18

Petition

Question 19

What is a third party formed only to promote social economic or moral issue

Answer 19

Single issue party

Question 20

Precinct

Answer 20

Voting district

Question 21

Split ticket

Answer 21

Voting for candidates from both parties

Question 22

People who cannot go to the polls can request a what ballot in advance

Answer 22

Absentee

Question 23

What type of polling allows specialist to predict the winners before all votes are officially counted

Answer 23

Exit

Question 24

What are some reasons for low voter turnouts

Answer 24

Apathy | Lack of interest

Question 25

What is initiative

Answer 25

A way citizens can propose new laws or state constitution amendments

Question 26

What provides a way for citizens to approve or reject state or local laws

Answer 26

Referendum

Question 27

Propaganda

Answer 27

Attempt to promote a particular person or idea

Question 28

Special interest groups help fund a candidates campaign by forming

Answer 28

Political action committees

Question 29

Political advertisements enable what

Answer 29

A candidate to attack an opponent without offering a chance to respond

Question 30

Where is voting carried out

Answer 30

Polling place

Question 31

What are the two parts to an election

Answer 31

Primary races | General election

Question 32

If you vote for all the candidates in one political party you are voting a what ticket

Answer 32

Straight

Question 33

When polls close election workers took the mallets and the what to the election board

Answer 33

Returns

Question 34

What are people called who are eligible to vote

Answer 34

Electorate

Question 35

If neither presidential candidate wins a majority of electoral votes who elects the president

Answer 35

House of Representatives

Question 36

If enough people sign a petition for it a what is that on the ballot at the next general election

Answer 36

Proposition

Question 37

Citizens can vote to remove a public official from office in a what

Answer 37

Recall

Question 38

Donations given to political parties and not designated for particular candidates campaign are called

Answer 38

Soft money

Question 39

Political action committees give most of their money to

Answer 39

Incumbents

Question 40

Television radio newspapers magazines recordings movies and books are called

Answer 40

Mass media

Question 41

What term refers to the strength of opinion on an issue

Answer 41

Intensity

Question 42

Who conducts polls regularly

Answer 42

Pollsters

Question 43

A well constructed poll question should be

Answer 43

Manipulated

Question 44

Elected officials sometimes what information to the press to test public reaction to an idea or policy

Answer 44

Leak

Question 45

The mass media plays an important what role by exposing government misconduct

Answer 45

Watchdog

Question 46

What types of groups support causes that affect the lives of Americans in general

Answer 46

Public interest

Question 47

Who provides lawmakers with information

Answer 47

Lobbyists

Question 48

What type of propaganda is made to make people think a candidate is just like them

Answer 48

Plain folks

Question 49

What technique is an attempt to turn people against a candidate or idea by using an Unpleasant label or description

Answer 49

Name calling

Question 50

What includes the ideas and attitudes that most people hold about the government and political issues

Answer 50

Public opinion

Question 51

People who share the same point of you about an issue sometimes form what to promote their beliefs

Answer 51

Interest groups

Question 52

A public opinion poll is a survey of what

Answer 52

Representative sample of the population

Question 53

Radio television and the Internet are considered what type of media

Answer 53

Electronic

Question 54

What influences public opinion

Answer 54

Personal background Mass media Interest groups

Question 55

Prior restraint

Answer 55

Government censorship of material before it's published

Question 56

Interest groups are

Answer 56

Biased

Question 57

What is the goal of interest groups

Answer 57

To influence public opinion