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Which minor party has never been active in the United States? |
conservative |
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Which of the following is not a minor party in the history of the United States? |
Labour |
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Which is the most common party system in the world today? |
faction |
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Which of the following is the most common party system in the world today? |
a group of people seeking to advance their ideas |
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A political party is an example of which of the following? |
linkage |
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What does a linkage institution help people do? |
interact with their government |
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What is a coalition? |
a temporary alliance among political groups to gain power |
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When no single party has the majority in a multiparty system, it must join with other parties to form which of the following? |
coalition |
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An authoritarian government is usually evidence of which of the following? |
single-party rule |
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A government run by one person is usually evidence of what kind of system? |
single-party |
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Which of the following is the smallest organized political area for voting? |
precinct |
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Which of the following is the smallest level of political organization? |
precinct |
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The two-party system in the United States is now defined by which pair of parties? |
Republican and Democrat |
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What are the two main political parties in the United States? |
Democratic and Republican |
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Political parties hold a national convention to do which of the following? |
formally nominate their candidate |
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Where are presidential candidates formally nominated? |
at a national convention |
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Third parties have influenced some elections in U.S. history by doing which of the following? |
presenting positions that the major parties then adopt |
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Which term is used in U.S. politics for a significant party outside the two dominant parties? |
third party |
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What is a party platform? |
a statement of a party’s position on the issues |
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At the national convention, what does a party issue to explain its position on the issues of the day? |
a platform |
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