Government Political Parties

The _____ party model holds that parties are organizations that sponsor candidates for political office under the organization's name in hopes of controlling the apparatus of government.

A) organizational
B) rational
C) platform
D) political
E) responsible

If a citizen tells a pollster he thinks of himself as a "strong Democrat," he would be considered part of the

A) party-in-the-electorate.
B) party network.
C) party-in-government.
D) party kinship.
E) party-as-organization.

The _____ party model views parties as organizations that run candidates to shape the outcomes of government

A) platform
B) responsible
C) organizational
D) political
E) pragmatic

Parties serve an important organizing function because they narrow the pool of office seekers to party _____ and establish a platform of issues for their candidates.

A) nominees
B) officers
C) donors
D) surrogates
E) planners

By the 1950s, political scientists developed what is called the _____ view of parties, which holds that parties have three interrelated elements.
A) quadrilateral
B) tripartite
C) dialectic
D) univariate
E) bipartite

The citizens who identify themselves with the ideology or platform of a political party make up the
A) party-as-organization.
B) party-in-government.
C) party-in-structure.
D) party-in-the-electorate.
E) party-as-fundraiser.

True or False?

The rational party model argues that parties are organizations that run candidates to shape the outcomes of government and to direct public policy.
True False

True or False?

Because the American political system is so complex, it is difficult for voters to make accountability judgments
True False

True or False?

The highest level of party organization in the Democratic and
Republican parties is done by the state party committees.
True False

Refers to every citizen who attaches himself or herself to a political party.

The function of a party is to offer a clear choice to voters by establishing priorities or policy stances different from those of rival parties.

An organization that recruits, nominates, and elects party members to office in order to control government.

A belief that one belongs to a certain party. An emotional attachment to a political party.

The set of issues, principles, and goals that a party supports.

The goal is to win office and to control the distribution of government jobs.

Opposition to war

Environmental protection.

Regulating traditional moral values.

Privatizing social security.

Regulation of abortion.

A smaller government that performs fewer social welfare functions.

Gay rights

Expansion of social welfare programs.

A foreign policy emphasizing military action.

Freedom of choice with respect to abortion.