CPS Unit Final: Chapter 8 - 10 Multiple Choice

Elections to select party nominees in which only people who have registered in advance with the party can vote for that party’s candidates, thus encouraging greater party loyalty. > Florida is a Closed Primary state, meaning that if someone wants to vote in Primary Election to nominate a Republican candidate, they would need to be registered with the Republican party prior to the Primary Election > If you are registered as a Republican, you can only vote for Republican candidates in Closed Primary elections. You could not be a registered Republican and vote for a Democratic nominee

Meeting of party delegates every four years to choose a president & VP and write the party’s platform. > In the 2024 Presidential Election, the Republican Party nominated Donald Trump for president at the National Party Convention

Type of political party organization that relies heavily on material inducements, such as patronage, to win votes and to govern > The Daley Machine was a Democratic political organization in Chicago (1955-1976) focused on patronage, suburban growth, and centralized party control.

The displacement of the majority party by a minority party * Usually occurs during a critical election period > In 1896, during the US Presidential Election, the issues of the American Civil War political system were replaced with the issues of the Populist and Progressive Era

A view about how parties should work, held by some political scientists. According to the model, parties should offer clear choices to the voters and once in office, should carry out their campaign promises > The New Deal by Franklin D. Roosevelt was a successful example of this because the Democrats provided their voters with a clear party platform and then actually followed through on it.

The key states that the presidential campaigns focus on * They’re most likely to decide the outcome of the Electoral College vote > In the 2020 election, Arizona was a good example of a Battleground state, because the state was not already fully blue or fully red, so really, it was all decided through campaigning and could have gone either way

The recent tendency of states to hold primaries early in the calendar year in order to capitalize on media attention > In 2008, both the Democrats and Republicans held their primaries in early February in an attempt to force candidates to run their national campaigns earlier

The period before any votes are cast when candidates compete to win early support from the elite of the party and to create a positive first impression of their leadership skills. > In the 2020 election, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker dropped out of the race for the Dem. presidential nomination, in part because he was unable to raise enough money to continue his campaign. For this reason, the invisible primary is also known as the "money primary."

1993 act that requires states to permit people to register to vote when they apply for a driver’s license. > When I got my license, I was sent information on how to pre-register for a political party and for voting. I simply checked the box and completed some questions, and just like that I was pre-registered to vote. As soon as I turned 18, I was registered with the Republican party to vote in the next elections.

A political party’s statement of its goals and policies for the next four years. * Drafted prior to the party convention by a committee whose members are chosen in rough proportion to each candidate’s strength * Best formal statement of a party’s beliefs > One can find the Republican and Democratic - as well as the smaller parties' - political platforms online with a simple Google search. In these platforms one can find a list of beliefs/foundation points that the party believes in.

Theory of government and policies contending that an upper-class elite will hold most of the power and therefore run the government > An example of this is that corporations and the rich fund political campaigns, allowing them to access lawmakers and shape political decisions and legislation

Theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong that government, seeking to please them all, is thereby weakened > California's Proposition 209: There were so many opposing interest groups advocating for and against the ban on affirmative action, which made it very difficult to debate and for the government to work as a unified body, thereby weakening government as it was overwhelmed by the many interest groups

Composed of.. *Interest group leaders interested in a particular policy * The government agency in charge of administering that policy * The members of congressional committees and subcommittees handling that policy > Teacher unions like the NEA, state committees who determine funding, and the local/state/federal education departments who manage the distributions of funds all make up an iron triangle in the American education system

Alliances of various interest groups, government officials, and policy experts that form around specific policy issues > Scientists, lobbyists (like Sierra Club), sustainable energy corporations, and university researchers all make up a Climate change policy network, which is an example of an issue network

Groups that raise money from individuals and then distribute it in the form of contributions to candidates that the group supports > MAGA is a good example of a modern Super PAC. It supports Donald Trump with the unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, and unions, and it is technically considered an "independent operation" since it doesn't coordinate directly with the campaign.