AP Gov: Political Parties and Primaries 2023

What is a party platform?

• a series of statements expressing the party’s principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues.

• the image each party attempts to convey

• a meeting of political party members to conduct party business.

• several adjoining precincts making up a larger election unit.

A shift in party allegiances, such as southerner conservatives leaving the Democratic Party and shifting support to the Republican Party, is known as

• realignment
• dealignment
• coattail effect
• proportional representation

Which of the following is true about proportional representation?

• It tends to encourage multi-party systems
• It is the system currently used in American elections
• It gives all available seats to the winner of the most votes
• It tends to encourage two-party systems

A major role of third parties in our current system is to what?

• keep the best candidate from winning
• inform the public about the shortcomings of the other parties
• highlight an outstanding candidate in order to gain name recognition for the next election
• introduce new ideas or push for a particular issue

When does a political party officially nominate its presidential candidate?

• during primary elections
• during the national convention
• once he/she wins the primaries
• during the electoral college vote

An election where the plurality winner comes in first is called what?

• Superdelegates
• Proportional Elections
• Means ends theory
• Winner take all

What is it called when someone votes for a Democrat for Governor of their state but a Republican for to be their Senator?

• Rational-Choice Theory

• Split-ticket

• Straight-ticket

• Patronage

What is it called when the White House is controlled by the Democrats and Congress (or just the Senate/ just the house) is controlled by the Republicans?

• one of divided government
• dominated by the Republicans
• dominated by the Democrats
• in realignment

Which type of Third Party splits from a major party?

• splinter
• Ideological
• single-issue
• individual

Strong support of a party and its policies

• partisanship
• bipartisanship