Mastery Check 5A and 5B

Please select the area on the political spectrum that a candidate would attempt to appeal to in order to win an election.

Canvasing or going door to door to discuss the views of a particular candidate is a way in which political parties do what?

• Influence public policy

• Monitor the actions of officeholders

• Educate the electorate

• Recruit and nominate candidates for office

What would you expect to find in the document in the image given? Select all that apply.

• List of the candidates who are running for office for the Republican party.

• The views of the Republican party on key issues during an election.

• The structure of government for the United States.

• The ways in which the Republican and Democratic views are different.

Third parties are important to the political system for what reason?

• They often win the elections in which they participate.

• Their support for one of the candidates from the two main parties.

• Their ability to introduce new ideas that can be adopted into a major party platform.

• Their ability to raise large sums of money for their candidates.

What would be the main purpose behind the actions in the list given?

• Educate the electorate about campaign issues.

• Helping candidates win elections.

• Recruit and nominate candidates.

• Monitoring the Actions of Officeholders

Political parties perform each of the following actions except?

• Establish the rules for registering and voting in elections.

• Monitor and report on actions taken by officeholders from the opposing parties.

• Raise funds and organize volunteers in an effort to help their candidates win elections.

• Determine a process and conduct it in order to choose nominees for local, state, and national offices.

Political parties can influence public policy in all of the following manners EXCEPT?

• Introducing legislation which reflects their party platform.

• Nominating candidates for office who reflect their views on government.

• Raising money and helping individuals win office who share their views.

• Impeaching and removing members of government who do not share their views.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why political parties exist?

• to make it easier for voters to form groups that vote in certain ways

• to facilitate policy making by allowing politicians with similar views to work together

• to deal with the problem of politicians' ambition by controlling their self-interest

• to divide the country into two large groups to simplify elections

The political cartoon shows the importance of what role of the political parties?

• Educate the electorate about campaign issues.

• Help candidates win elections.

• Influence public policy.

• Monitor the actions of officeholders

Why might a voter choose a candidate from a political party they usually do not support?

• Because the candidate's views on specific issues align more closely with their own

• Because they are required to vote for candidates from multiple parties

• Because political parties do not matter in elections

• Because they made a mistake on their ballot