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Political Party Test

Political Party Unit Test

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Political Party Role #1 Selecting Candidates: Political parties nominate candidates to run for political office. Parties take the responsibility for finding and nominating qualified candidates.
Political Party Role #2 Setting Goals: A political party establishes positions on issues and sets goals for government.
Political Party Role #3 Providing Leadership: Parties help provide day-to-day leadership in government, which is necessary to make laws and carry out programs that citizens want.
Political Party Role #4 Citizens'Voices in Government: Political parties listen to the people and provide a way for individual citizens to be heard.
Political Party Role #5 Informing Citizens: Political parties help provide citizens with information such as facts, figures, and party stances on various important issues.
Political Party Role #6 Involving Citizens: Parties provide citizens with many ways to get involved in the political process. To be successful, a party needs the help of many people, especially at election time.
Political Party Role #7 Acting as "Watchdogs": Political parties also pay an important "watchdog" role in government. After an election, the party not in power makes sure that the public knows when the party in power is not living up to its promises.
Know how to get the Senators and Representatives for each state! Texas=38 Total, 36 representatives because there are 2 Senators for each state. Congressmen=38 Senators=2 Representatives=36 because it's -2
4 Primary Elections: Closed Primaries, Open Primaries, Blanket Primaries, and Nonpartisan Primaries
Reactionary: This political party favors extreme changes to restore society to an earlier, more conservative state
The Political Spectrum from left to right: Radical, Liberal, Moderate, Conservative, and Reactionary
Radical: This political party favors extreme changes to create an entirely new social system
Single-Party State Ex: Vietnam (communist) Syria (non-communist) A system of government in which only one political party is allowed by the constitution to govern and power is exercised by the leading members of the party
Parliamentary Democracy Ex: Canada and most of Europe A system of government in which voters elect lawmakers to represent them in the nation's parliament; the leaders of the executive branch come from the ruling party in parliament
History of America's Political Party: Federalists~Anti-Federalist~ Late 1700s The Whig Party~Democratic~ 1834 & 1828 Republican~Democratic~ 1854 against slavery
Democratic Party Facts Donkey=Democratic Favors government regulation of the economy. Supports organized labor. Favors higher taxes for high-income earners and a redistribution of tax revenue to programs for the poor. Favors tax cuts for poorer people and small business owners.
What are the forms of government in today's world? Monarchy, Dictatorship, Theocracy, Single-Party State, Direct Democracy, Parliamentary Democracy, and Representative Democracy
Types of Third Parties: *Third parties have arisen to unfluence politics as well Single-Issue Party, Economic Protest Party, Ideological Party, and Splinter Party
More Democratic Facts Favors keeping welfare in place for the poor and disadvantage. Favors school-funding initiatives that create competitive public schools. Supports the right to choose abortion. Favors gun control. Supports big government.
Republican Party Facts Elephant=Republican Favors less government intervention in the economy. Supports restricting organized labor. Favors lower taxes and breaks for high-income earners to encourage business investment and economic growth. Favor tax cuts for everyone. Supports the right to life.
More Republican Facts Favors cutting back welfare benefits to foster initiative for welfare recipients to find work. Favors school funding initiatives that allow for parental choice. Favors little or no restriction on guns. Supports limited government.
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