Transcript Political Parties Review

Political Parties
Review
American Government
Mr. Bordelon
Vocabulary
 Multiparty
 Major parties
 Minor party
 Partisanship
 Split-ticket voting
 Bipartisan
 One-party system
 Plurality
 Consensus
 Coalition
 Splinter parties
 Incumbent
 Two-party system
 Ideological party
 Economic protest party
 Single-issue party
 ward
 precinct
True/False
 A plurality is more than half the votes cast.
True/False
 A plurality is more than half the votes cast.
 False. A plurality is the largest number of votes cast.
True/False
 A ward is a unit into which cities are often divided for the
election of city council members.
True/False
 A ward is a unit into which cities are often divided for the
election of city council members.
 True.
True/False
 An ideological party arises over a particular issue or crisis
and soon fades away.
True/False
 An ideological party arises over a particular issue or crisis
and soon fades away.
 False; this would be typically an economic protest party.
True/False
 Partisanship means membership in one of the major parties.
True/False
 Partisanship means membership in one of the major parties.
 False; partisanship means firm allegiance to a party.
Main Idea
 What is the major function of a political party?
Main Idea
 What is the major function of a political party?
 To control government by winning elections and holding
public office.
Main Idea
 What are the two major parties in the United States?
Main Idea
 What are the two major parties in the United States?
 Democrats and Republicans.
Main Idea
 In what two ways does the American electoral system tend to
promote a two-party system?
Main Idea
 In what two ways does the American electoral system tend to
promote a two-party system?
 Single-member district systems discourage minor parties,
and election laws have been deliberately written to
discourage non-major candidates.
Main Idea
 How can the diversity of views represented in a multiparty
system be seen as both a strength and a weakness?
Main Idea
 How can the diversity of views represented in a multiparty
system be seen as both a strength and a weakness?
 It is a strength because it gives voters more choices and more
broadly represents the electorate, and a weakness because it
leads to instability in government.
Main Idea
 Which political party was the first appear in the United
States? Who was its leader and what type of government did
it favor?
Main Idea
 Which political party was the first appear in the United
States? Who was its leader and what type of government did
it favor?
 Federalist Party
 Alexander Hamilton, favored a strong central government.
Main Idea
 What unusual feature characterizes the present era of
American two-party history?
Main Idea
 What unusual feature characterizes the present era of
American two-party history?
 Divided government, where one party controls the White
House, and the other, Congress.
Main Idea
 Briefly describe the four major types of minor parties.
Main Idea
 Briefly describe the four major types of minor parties.
 Ideological parties are based on a particular set of beliefs.
 Single-issue parties concentrate on one public policy issue.
 Economic protest parties express general discontent with the
ruling party.
 Splinter parties have split from one of the major parties.
Main Idea
 What are the most important roles of minor parties?
Explain.
Main Idea
 What are the most important roles of minor parties?
 Critic and spoiler.
Main Idea
 Why is the party is in power more cohesive than the
opposition party?
Main Idea
 Why is the party is in power more cohesive than the
opposition party?
 It has a strong party leader (the President) with leadership
tools that bring about cooperation and cohesion.