Chapter 7 Political
parties PSC 101
(verified for accuracy)
Political parties - answer Organizations that run
candidates for political office and coordinate the
actions of officials elected under the party banner.
What are American political parties? - answer
Decentralized: they constitute a loose network of
organizations, groups, and individuals who share a
party label but are under no obligation to work
together
Party organization - answer A specific political
party's leaders and workers at the national, state,
and local levels
Party in government - answer The group of
officeholders who belong to a specific political
party and were elected as candidates of that party.
Party in the electorate - answer The group of
citizens who identify with a specific political party
, Party system - answer Periods in which the names
of the major political parties, their supporters, and
the issues dividing them have remained relatively
stable
When did political parties form? - answer Soon
after the Founding of the United States
What were the first American parties? - answer
The Federalist and the Democratic-Republicans
When was the Whig party formed? - answer After
Andrew Jackson was elected president and the
second party system came into existence
How did the New Democratic Party cultivate
electoral support? - answer By building
organizations to mobilize citizens and bund them
to the party. The party also implemented the party
principle and the spoils system
Party principle - answer The idea that a political
party exists as an organization distinct from its
elected officials or party leaders.
parties PSC 101
(verified for accuracy)
Political parties - answer Organizations that run
candidates for political office and coordinate the
actions of officials elected under the party banner.
What are American political parties? - answer
Decentralized: they constitute a loose network of
organizations, groups, and individuals who share a
party label but are under no obligation to work
together
Party organization - answer A specific political
party's leaders and workers at the national, state,
and local levels
Party in government - answer The group of
officeholders who belong to a specific political
party and were elected as candidates of that party.
Party in the electorate - answer The group of
citizens who identify with a specific political party
, Party system - answer Periods in which the names
of the major political parties, their supporters, and
the issues dividing them have remained relatively
stable
When did political parties form? - answer Soon
after the Founding of the United States
What were the first American parties? - answer
The Federalist and the Democratic-Republicans
When was the Whig party formed? - answer After
Andrew Jackson was elected president and the
second party system came into existence
How did the New Democratic Party cultivate
electoral support? - answer By building
organizations to mobilize citizens and bund them
to the party. The party also implemented the party
principle and the spoils system
Party principle - answer The idea that a political
party exists as an organization distinct from its
elected officials or party leaders.
