POSI Ch. 8 Quiz with 100% correct answers graded A+ 2023/2024

POSI Ch. 8 QuizOriginally, the U.S. major parties are...? - correct answer Decentralized and fragmented The history of democratic government is virtually synonymous with the history of...? - correct answer Political parties The first American political parties emerged from the conflict between...? - correct answer Small farmers and states' rights advocates, and those favoring commercial and wealthy interests Andrew Jackson's contribution to the development of political parties was the...? - correct answer Formation of a new type of grassroots party organization The issue of slavery gave birth to the ___ Party as a major political party. - correct answer Republican All of the following are characteristic of a party realignment EXCEPT...? A. the emergence of unusually powerful and divisive issues. B. an enduring change in the parties' coalitions. C. an election in which voters shift their partisan support. D. a very close electoral result. - correct answer D. a very close electoral result Who was the only Republican elected president from 1932 to 1964? - correct answer Dwight Eisenhower It is relatively rare for a party nominee to get less than ___ percent of the partisan vote in a presidential or a congressional race...? - correct answer 80 ___ representation systems are those in which seats in the legislature are allocated according to each political party's share of the popular vote...? - correct answer Proportional Which of the following groups is NOT typically a part of the Democratic coalition...? A. city dwellers B. fundamentalist Christians C. union members D. Hispanics - correct answer B. fundamentalist Christians Which of the following is an indication of strong party loyalty...? A. split-ticket voting B. increase in independent voters C. straight-ticket voting D. the influence of short-term issues and candidates - correct answer C. straight-ticket voting Which of the following represents the greatest blow to the organizational strength of U.S. parties...? A. the national convention B. the direct primary C. Jacksonian democracy D. the emergence of PACs - correct answer B. the direct primary All of the following use top-two primaries EXCEPT...? A. New York B. Washington C. California D. Nebraska - correct answer A. New York Regarding state party organizations, the day-to-day operation is usually the responsibility of the...? - correct answer State chairperson American party organizations...? - correct answer Are still important, but their role in campaigns is secondary to that of candidates 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 to launch a competitive bid for reelection...? - correct answer $20,000 Negative television campaign ads...? - correct answer Now constitute the largest share of political ads The main reason for the high cost of American political campaigns is the cost of...? - correct answer Paying for media ads Prospective voting is characterized by...? - correct answer Choices based on what candidates promise to do if elected ___ is based on judgement about the past performance of an elected official or political party...? - correct answer Retrospective voting