The Election Process and Civic Responsibility

A _______________ is a group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and holding public office.

• interest group
• political action committee
• social movement
• political party

__________________ is strong support of a party. Many people who are public officeholders are voted in based on what political party they are aligned with; citizens often cast their vote for the candidate who is a member of the same political party.

• bipartisanship
• independence
• political neutrality
• partisanship

A ______ party does not have widespread public support and is often created to focus on a single issue. They do have the potential to take voters away from one of the two dominant parties in an election and serve a spoiler role.

• minor party
• coalition party
• independent party
• major party

The United States has a ______________ system, which means that two political parties dominate politics.

• independent party
• single-party
• multi-party
• two-party

The two dominant political parties are the ______________ and the ______________.

• Democratic Party, Republican Party
• Socialist Party, Independent Party
• Libertarian Party, Green Party
• Constitution Party, Reform Party

The Republican Party is also known as the GOP, or ______________________.

• Grand New Party
• Great Old Party
• Grand Old Party
• Giant Old Party

The two-party system of the United States can be traced back to the ratification of the Constitution. The opposing sides that arose out of the ratification were the ___________ and the _____________.

• Whigs and Tories
• Libertarians and Greens
• Federalists and Anti-Federalists
• Democrats and Republicans

A critical first step in an election is the _____________________.

• candidate selection
• nomination process

• polling location
• campaign strategy

The _________________________ is an election where the voters express a preference for their Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates to represent their party in the general election.

• general election
• caucus
• referendum
• presidential primary

For the nomination of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates every four years, each party holds a ____________________.

• referendum
• caucus
• national convention

• primary election