POLITICAL PARTIES TEST REVIEW

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POLITICAL PARTIES TEST REVIEW
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Left of center on the political spectrum
(promotes change, assumes a greater role for
govt in ensuring equality of opportunity,
prefers fewer govt limits on personal behavior)
is

• liberal

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How have minor parties impacted American
political development?

• played the spoiler role
• drawn attention to critical issues
• initiated new ideas, processes, policies

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When political parties run radio, TV and
newspaper ads, which function are they
fulfilling?

• Informer-stimulator

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beliefs of both liberals and conservatives in the
U.S.

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                              This week on NOW
• If voters are relying on local television news to
  help them make decisions in this important
  election year, recent studies show that they may
  be left in the dark. By some estimates, more than
  half of local news broadcasts may not cover
  politics at all in the weeks before the election,
  and important local races and issues are often
  completely ignored. In a nation where the public
  owns the airwaves, are local stations driving
  corporate profits at the expense of the
  communities they are supposed to serve? David
  Brancaccio takes a hard look at how local
  broadcasters are covering politics. With stations
  expecting record earnings from political ads, the
  program examines the winners and losers in the
  battle for localism and profiles one station that
  is getting it right.
• Everybody's talking about the 9/11 Commission
  report and what it means for this country's
  security in the future. But for all the talk of a
  bi-partisan effort on getting to the bottom of
  what went wrong on 9/11, partisan and political
  struggles were rife throughout the process. Bill
  Moyers gets the insight of author and political
  analyst Kevin Phillips on the success or failure
  of the commission, and the other news of the
  week, including what Kerry might say at the
  Democratic Convention and the realities of the
  so-called economic recovery. Kevin Phillips was
  the chief political strategist for Richard
  Nixon's victory in 1968 and wrote the bombshell
  book EMERGING REPUBLICAN MAJORITY. Ten years ago
  his best-selling book on the politics of rich and
  poor influenced the 1992 elections and his recent
  WEALTH AND DEMOCRACY A POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE
  AMERICAN RICH looks at how big money and
  political power are the invisible hand in the
  hidden story of the American experience.
• This Monday when the lights go on in Boston at
  the Democratic convention, speakers will be
  center stage and working hard to deliver messages
  that connect with voters. Analysts say that for
  two decades conservatives have done a much better
  job than progressives to frame and talk about
  their values and some say the convention could be
  a make or break moment in the election. Do words
  really have the power to win not just hearts and
  minds, but votes? David Brancaccio gets a few
  words on the subject from world-renowned linguist
  George Lakoff. Dr. Lakoff is a founder of the
  Rockridge Institute, a new political think tank
  set up to reframe the terms of political debate
  to make a progressive vision more persuasive and
  influential. Lakoff is a professor at UC Berkeley
  and is the author of 8 books, including the
  influential MORAL POLITICS HOW LIBERALS AND
  CONSERVATIVES THINK and most recently DON'T THINK
  OF AN ELEPHANT! WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW
  ABOUT VALUES AND THE FRAMING WARS, which is due
  out next month.

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July 23, 2004
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   Political Analyst Kevin Phillips   
Tracking Campaign Ads    Professor of
Linguistics George Lakoff    Republican
Pollster Frank Luntz
   Defining Liberals    The Roots of
Conservatism    Election 2004 Culture Wars
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• Both value freedom, order and equality, but
  differ on the priority placed on each

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T or F? Political parties collect annual dues.

• False!

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When govt power is distributed among executive,
legislative judicial branches, which principle
of govt does that reflect?

• separation of powers

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What are some trends in the American political
system?

• increase in independents
• increase in split-ticket voting
• decline in influence of parties on policymakers
  and policymaking

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On the extreme right of the political spectrum
(favors returning to past ways of doing things,
believing govt should preserve nurture the
best brightest in society) is

• reactionary

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Considering the interpretation of individual
rights to ensure order in society, liberals favor
_____ and conservatives favor ______.

• broad
• narrow

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The range of political ideologies from the
extreme left to the extreme right is called

• political spectrum

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Political parties have been in decline since the
1960s. T or F?

• True!

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Qualifications for voting in Texas

• 18 years old
• resident of Texas
• citizen
• registered 30 days prior to election

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examples of linkage institutions

• political parties
• interest groups
• elections
• news media

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On a political spectrum the range of political
ideologies from left to right are

• radical
• liberal
• moderate
• conservative
• reactionary

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In a conflict between economic freedom and
equality, what do conservatives and liberals
favor?

• Conservatives favor freedom
• Liberals favor equality

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In their political beliefs most Americans tend
toward

• the center of the spectrum

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Examples of news media

• TV
• internet
• newspapers
• magazines
• radio

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When the party out of power keeps an eye in the
party in power, pointing out mistakes of the
ins, this is called

• informer stimulator function

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The NRA is an example of

• a special interest group

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This is a linkage group that plays the
informer-stimulator function, but does not exist
just to influence govt policy making

• news media

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A PAC is

• political arm of a special interest group
  organized to collect and distribute campaign
  funds to candidates

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Single-issue parties are those that

• address one or a few concerns then disappear

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Elections that choose federal, state local
officeholders are called

• general elections

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What kind of elections nominate the partys
candidate for office?

• primary elections

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The process of developing our political beliefs
behaviors is called

• political socialization

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Why do we have a two-party system?

• we began that way (Federalists and
  Anti-Federalists)
• election laws do not favor minor party candidates
• Americans generally agree on basic principles

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Division of power between the national govt and
the various state govts reflects which principle
of govt?

• federalism

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Who interprets the law?

• judicial branch (courts)

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A group of people who seek to control govt by
winning elections

• political party

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Interest groups do which of the following?

• They are more interested in influencing policies
  than winning elections.
• They may support candidates, but do not nominate.
• They are typically concerned with a narrow range
  of interests.

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Left of center on the political spectrum
(promotes change, assumes a greater role for
govt in ensuring equality of opportunity,
prefers fewer govt limits on personal behavior)
is

• liberal

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How have minor parties impacted American
political development?

• played the spoiler role
• drawn attention to critical issues
• initiated new ideas, processes policies

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A national political party would focus its
attention on which part of the spectrum to
attract voters?

• center of the spectrum

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Halfway between the conservatives liberals on
the political spectrum are the

• moderates

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The chief cause for nonvoting is

• apathy

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When the party selects qualified candidates
gives assurances that the candidates can do the
job well, the party is doing what?

• nominating function

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To promote programs to ensure equality
conservatives favor what kind of Constitutional
interpretation?

• narrow- conservatives
• broad - liberals

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In a conflict between freedom and order, who
favors freedom and who favors order?

• liberals freedom
• conservatives - order

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True or false?

• The U.S. has a two-party system.
• The two major parties are Republicans
  Democrats.
• Political parties link people with govt.
• Minor party candidates often win presidential
  elections in the U.S.

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Minor parties that have broken away from major
parties spoiled expected election results are
called

• splinter parties

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Working within the system to achieve a political
goal would include

• voting
• sending an email to a govt official
• working in a political campaign

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What is learned first is learned best reflects
which principle?

• primacy principle

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