AP US Government Lineberry 13e
Chapter 8 Exam Questions and
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Blanket primaries - ✔✔nomination contests where voters are presented
with a list of the candidates from all the parties and allows them to pick
candidates from all parties.
Coalition - ✔✔a set of individuals and groups supporting a political party.
Coalition governments - ✔✔governments where smaller parties combine
with larger parties to control half of the seats in the legislature.
Closed primaries - ✔✔nomination contests where only people who have
registered in advance with the party can vote.
Critical election - ✔✔an election where each party's coalition of support
begins to break up and a new coalition of forces is formed for each party.
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, Linkage institutions - ✔✔institutions such as parties, elections, interest
groups, and the media translate inputs from the public into outputs from
policymakers.
National chairperson - ✔✔the person responsible for taking care of the
day-to-day activities and daily duties of the party.
National committee - ✔✔a coalition of representatives from the states and
territories charged with maintaining the party between elections.
National convention - ✔✔the supreme power within each party, which
meets every four years, writes the party platform, and nominates
candidates for president and vice president.
New Deal coalition - ✔✔the new coalition of forces (urban, unions,
Catholics, Jews, the poor, southerners, African Americans, and
intellectuals) in the Democratic party that was forged as a result of national
economic crisis associated with the Great Depression.
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Chapter 8 Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Blanket primaries - ✔✔nomination contests where voters are presented
with a list of the candidates from all the parties and allows them to pick
candidates from all parties.
Coalition - ✔✔a set of individuals and groups supporting a political party.
Coalition governments - ✔✔governments where smaller parties combine
with larger parties to control half of the seats in the legislature.
Closed primaries - ✔✔nomination contests where only people who have
registered in advance with the party can vote.
Critical election - ✔✔an election where each party's coalition of support
begins to break up and a new coalition of forces is formed for each party.
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, Linkage institutions - ✔✔institutions such as parties, elections, interest
groups, and the media translate inputs from the public into outputs from
policymakers.
National chairperson - ✔✔the person responsible for taking care of the
day-to-day activities and daily duties of the party.
National committee - ✔✔a coalition of representatives from the states and
territories charged with maintaining the party between elections.
National convention - ✔✔the supreme power within each party, which
meets every four years, writes the party platform, and nominates
candidates for president and vice president.
New Deal coalition - ✔✔the new coalition of forces (urban, unions,
Catholics, Jews, the poor, southerners, African Americans, and
intellectuals) in the Democratic party that was forged as a result of national
economic crisis associated with the Great Depression.
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