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Chapter 8: Political Parties

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This activity contains 15 questions.

	American national parties are a loose aggregation of state parties.    True  False

	American political parties are characterized by decentralized and fragmented organizations.    True  False

	Evidence suggests that political parties have never been stronger than they were in the 1990s.    True  False

	In recent years political party identification has strengthened for virtually every major social group in America.    True  False

	In the American electorate a few voters are extremely liberal, a few are extremely conservative, but the majority are in the middle.    True  False

	Party realignments occur after most presidential elections.    True  False

	Political parties are no longer the main source of political information, attention, and affection.    True  False

	The Federalist Party was America's first and shortest-lived party.    True  False

	The founder of the modern American political party was General Andrew Jackson.    True  False

	The Founding Fathers of the U.S. Constitution approved of the formation of political parties.    True  False

	The lack of disciplined and cohesive parties in America explains much of why the scope of governmental activity is less in the United States compared to other established democracies.    True  False

	The largest component of an American political party is the party-in-government.    True  False

	The party or the candidates rarely adhere to political party platforms.    True  False

	Third parties have virtually no significance in the strict two-party system of the United States.    True  False

	Throughout most of American history, newly elected presidents have routinely swept a wave of their fellow partisans into office with them.    True  False

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