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Political Studies
12th Grade
04/11/2011

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James Madison Federalist #10
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worried about danger of factions
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factions
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political parties
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Which have generally larger membership: parties or interest groups?
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parties
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Which nominate a candidate: parties or interest groups?

 

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parties
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Which need 50%+1: parties or interest groups?
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parties
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Which are extremely ideological: parties or interest groups?
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interest groups
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Which type of political party is open to anyone: democratic or nondemocratic?
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democratic
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Which type of political party is only open to a select few: democratic or nondemocratic?
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nondemocratic
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Which type of political party is always ideological, unified, and structured: democratic or nondemocratic?
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nondemocratic
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Which type of political party is the Nazi Party: democratic or nondemocratic?
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nondemocratic
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Which type of democratic political party adheres to particular ideology?
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ideological
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Which type of democratic political party is structured and unified?
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ideological
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Which type of democratic political party is an alliance of many different groups with different ideologies?
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nonideological
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Which type of democratic political party pursues a middle-of-the-road course?
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nonideological
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T/F: Democratic political parties are agents of action.
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T
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T/F: Democratic political parties are turning demands into policy.
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T
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T/F: Democratic political parties define public opinion.
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T
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T/F: The groups within each democratic political party are similar to the others within that party.
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F: Since each democratic political party is a coalition, the groups within it are different.
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T/F: Many demands produce multiple policies in the end.
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F: Only one policy in the end.
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T/F: In democratic political parties, there is no viable political alternative.
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F: In democratic political parties, the viable political alternative is Republican or Democratic.
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T/F: In a democratic political party, the Tea Party can run as 3rd party.
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F: In a democratic political party, the Tea Party can’t run as a 3rd party because it would never win.
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T/F: Democratic political parties run the legislature.
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T
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T/F: Democratic political parties don't run the executive.

 

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F: Democratic political parties run the executive.

 

 

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T/F: Democratic political parties don't run the courts.

 

 

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F: Democratic political parties run the courts.

 

 

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T/F: Democratic political parties don't run the bureaucracy.

 

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F: Democratic political parties run the bureaucracy.

 

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T/F: Democratic political parties employ tens of thousands of staffers.
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T
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T/F: Democratic political parties, the means of peaceful change, link between the masses and the state.
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T
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T/F: Democratic political parties serve as critics and checks on other political parties - particularly the party that holds the presidency.
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T
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Which political party system is a nonideological democratic political party?
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two
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Which political party system is leader-oriented?
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multi
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Which political party system is the least stable?
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multi
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Which political party system makes it difficult to distinguish between the party and government?
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one
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State Parties
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Ideological and affiliated with the national party but exercise power independent from the national party
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National Party Organization
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Had the National Convention beginning in 1960 replaced by “Primaries” as means to Presidential Nomination because of television
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So now Iowa/New Hampshire Caucus
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Since 1992 South Carolina Important
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Presidential Nominee
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Selects VP Nominee
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balance the ticket, ideological conformity
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Richard Nixon
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Selection of candidates
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primary
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Tactics of the Political Party Electioneer
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PropagandaUnification, Patronage, and Buying the Vote
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Patronage
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The Vice Presidential Nominee is selected as a balance to the ticket, ideology, or conformity.
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