Question 1

Which of the following are key players in the modern campaign?

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A)  pollsters
B)  media producers
C)  fundraising specialists
D)  campaign consultants
E)  All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 2

________ lost the 1964 presidential election in a landslide because his views were seen as too extreme.

Accepted Answer

A)  James Weaver
B)  Jimmy Carter
C)  George McGovern
D)  Richard Nixon
E)  Barry GoldwaterF) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

What are primary elections and what impact have they had on party organizations?

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A primary election is a method of nomina...

Question 4

The first American political parties emerged from the conflict between

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A)  slave states and free states.
B)  the older eastern states and the newer western states.
C)  small farmers and states' rights advocates,and those favoring commercial and wealthy interests.
D)  business and labor.
E)  Protestants and Catholics.F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 5

What party has made big gains in recent decades among white fundamentalist Christians,based on its positions on topics like abortion and school prayer?

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A)  Democratic
B)  Republican
C)  Green
D)  Socialist
E)  ReformF) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

How do European parties differ from American parties?

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In Europe,where there are no primary ele...

Question 7

Roughly how much of campaign spending is devoted to producing and airing televised political advertisements?

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A)  one-half
B)  three-quarters
C)  one-quarter
D)  one-third
E)  one-tenthF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

In 1992,________ won 19 percent of the popular vote in the presidential election.

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A)  Bill Clinton
B)  George H.W.Bush
C)  Ross Perot
D)  Pat Buchanan
E)  Ralph NaderF) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 9

Most European parties on the political left tend to appeal mainly to

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A)  middle-class voters.
B)  working-class voters.
C)  the very affluent or wealthy voters.
D)  social conservatives.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Most states conduct ________ primaries.

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A)  closed
B)  open
C)  blanket
D)  nonpartisan
E)  whiteF) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 11

The major reason for the persistence of the American two-party system is

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A)  that there are naturally only two sides to political disputes.
B)  regional conflict.
C)  the existence of single-member election districts.
D)  the existence of state laws prohibiting the placement of a third major party on the ballot.
E)  proportional representation.F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 12

Andrew Jackson's contribution to the development of political parties was the

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A)  forging of a coalition of Democrats and Whigs.
B)  introduction of primary elections.
C)  formation of a new type of grassroots party organization.
D)  formation of the Federalist Party.
E)  formation of the Republican Party.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 13

During the twentieth century,American parties lost their complete control over

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A)  nominations.
B)  financing.
C)  platforms.
D)  the staffing of government jobs.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

American party organizations

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A)  are about to die out.
B)  are more powerful today than at any time in history.
C)  have more power than their Western European counterparts.
D)  are still important,but their role in campaigns is secondary to that of candidates.
E)  are unimportant in the political system today.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

The vicious character to which current political ads are prone may be gauged by a 2002 ad that associated disabled war veteran ________ with Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.

Accepted Answer

A)  Max Cleland
B)  John McCain
C)  James Weaver
D)  Roger Ailes
E)  John KerryF) B) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 16

About 95 percent of all political activists in the United States work at

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A)  the national level.
B)  the state level.
C)  the local level.
D)  the national and state levels.
E)  Republican and Democratic party headquarters.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 17

In 1912,a candidate for which minor party managed to earn more votes than one of his major party opponents?

Accepted Answer

A)  Socialist
B)  Prohibition
C)  Bull Moose
D)  Reform
E)  PopulistF) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 18

On average,how much money must a U.S.senator raise every week of his or her six-year term in order to acquire enough money to launch a competitive bid for reelection?

Accepted Answer

A)  $200
B)  $2,000
C)  $20,000
D)  $200,000
E)  $2,000,000F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 19

In twentieth-century American history,the most important minor parties were ________ parties.

Accepted Answer

A)  ideological
B)  single-issue
C)  factional
D)  reform
E)  non-alignedF) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 20

The Democratic Party's long-time regional stronghold,"the Solid South," stemmed from a realignment during which historical period?

Accepted Answer

A)  the immediate post-Civil War era
B)  1890s
C)  Great Depression
D)  1980s
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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In 1992,________ won 19 percent of the popular vote in the presidential election.

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During the twentieth century,American parties lost their complete control over

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