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When a party chooses a candidate to run for office, which function of political parties is being used?

• Recruit and nominate candidates

• Educating people about campaign issues

• Helping candidates win elections

• Monitoring actions of office holders

When a party creates posters encouraging people to vote for their candidate, which function of political parties is being used?

• Recruit and nominate candidates

• Educating people about campaign issues

• Helping candidates win elections

• Monitoring actions of officeholders

What kind of party system do we have in the U.S.?

• One-party system

• Two-party system

• Three-party system

• Multi-party system

Which of the following is NOT a similarity between political parties?

• Organize to win elections

• Influence public policies

• Reflect both liberal and conservative views

• Their party platforms

Which kind of party usually focuses on only one particular political issue?

• Third parties

• Major parties

• Political parties

• Birthday parties

Party platforms can tell us what about political parties?

• Their party's opinions on different political issues

• Where their candidate went on vacation

• How many seats their party has in Congress

• What office their candidate is running for

The local news channel is airing a debate between candidate for mayor. Which role is the media playing here?

• Identifying candidates

• Emphasizing selected issues

• Writing editorials

• Broadcasting different points of view

CNN and FOX each run a news article about climate change. Which role is the media playing here?

• Identifying candidates

• Emphasizing selected issues

• Writing editorials

• Broadcasting different points of view

From this information, it can best be concluded that the news media...

• showed little favoritism between political parties

• displayed a positive bias to the candidate from Party X

• showed negative bias toward both political parties

• gave more positive coverage to the candidate from party Y

Because it is so expensive to run a successful political campaign, which type of person has an advantage?

• Wealthy people

• Middle-class citizens

• Those with an interest in politics

• Those with an average income