Political Parties/Interest Groups
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| What are some functions of political parties? | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| show | interest groups have narrower issue concerns than do parties
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| Historically, political parties did what? | show 🗑
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| show | volunteering on party-run campaigns, making campaign contributions, working in the day-to-day operations of the party, developing PACs ????? (check to make sure this is correct)
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| The responsible party model was developed by | show 🗑
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| Scholars who emphasize how important it is for a democracy to have large numbers of diverse interest groups representing a wide variety of views support what theory? | show 🗑
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| show | educate the public about policy issues, provide average citizens with an avenue of access to activism, mobilize citizens and stimulate them to participate in civic and political affairs, providing information and expertise to policy-makers
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| True or False? Interest groups function in enacting legislation. | show 🗑
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| show | contribute to the appearance of corruption in the political system
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| What to Political Action Committees (PACs) do? | show 🗑
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| The best predictor of whether one becomes a member of an interest group is ____ and ____. | show 🗑
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| What are the three components of the party? | show 🗑
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| show | all individuals who identify with or tend to support a particular party
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| show | party identifier
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| show | an independent
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| show | Republicans
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| Which of the following occupations are represented by professional organizations? | show 🗑
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| show | teachers and tradespeople
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| show | executives in business and industry
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| show | AMA, American Bar Association, NEA, and AFL-CIO
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| For a range of reasons, children from working-class families are ____ to have been socialized to participate in interest groups. | show 🗑
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| What is arguably the most important role of political parties in the American political system? | show 🗑
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| show | party registration during voting
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| show | sometimes does not match
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| show | government regulation of traditional moral values
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| show | environmental protection, abortion choice, gay rights, social welfare programs
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| show | membership and financial resources
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| An example of how the lack of cohesion can hurt an organization is the case of: | show 🗑
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| Financial resources affect the success of interest groups because: | show 🗑
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| show | leadership and the presence or absence of opposition from other groups
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| Of all the types of interest groups in the US, agricultural interest groups probably have: | show 🗑
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| The quote "all politics is local" was said by: | show 🗑
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| What term is used by political scientists to describe a shift in party allegiances or electoral support? | show 🗑
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| The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 did what? | show 🗑
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| When one party controls one chamber of Congress and the White House, while the other chamber is controlled by the other party, it is known as | show 🗑
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| The modern descendants of the Democratic-Republicans are today called | show 🗑
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| What all does lobbying include? | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| show | issue network
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| Interest groups can ensure that laws passed by legislatures and signed by executives are in keeping with current constitutional interpretation by | show 🗑
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| show | incumbents
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| show | Democrats
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| In 1836, the mutual interests of southern plantation owners and northern industrialists crystallized in the formation of the _____ | show 🗑
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| show | patronage
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| show | Republican and a Progressive
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| show | dealignment
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| The period since 1968 has been characterized by | show 🗑
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| Which voting system rewards political parties with a number of seats equal to the percentage of the vote it receives? | show 🗑
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| show | decreased significantly
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| Which organizations do political scientists identify as assuming the roles formerly performed by political parties? | show 🗑
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| show | Green Party
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| show | The Internet and cellular phones
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| show | responsible party model
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| show | party in the electorate, party organization, and party in government
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| show | party in government
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| show | party in the electorate
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| party workers; resembles a pyramid | show 🗑
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| when one chamber of Congress is controlled by the same party that controls the White House, while the other chamber is controlled by the other party | show 🗑
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| show | divided government
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| a shift in party allegiances or electoral support | show 🗑
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| show | New Deal
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