1 .		The officeholders and candidates who run under a political party's banner refers best to the [Hint]   A. congressional party.   B. party-in-the-electorate.   C. presidential party.   D. executive party.   E. governmental party.
2 .		The country's first major national presidential nominating convention was held in the [Hint]   A. first half of the 1800s.   B. first half of the 1900s.   C. latter 1900s.   D. late 1700s.   E. latter 1800s.
3 .		Since 1970, which of the following statements best characterizes party dominance of the national government? [Hint]   A. Republicans have held strong majorities in both the presidential and congressional contests.   B. Libertarians have held strong majorities in both the presidential and congressional contests.   C. Neither party has been clearly dominant ¹ Democrats have usually won the presidency, while Republicans have won most congressional contests.   D. Neither party has been clearly dominant ¹ Republicans have usually won the presidency, while Democrats have won most congressional contests.   E. Democrats have held strong majorities in both the presidential and congressional contests.
4 .		Which of the following had the effect of diminishing the power of party leaders? [Hint]   A. patronage   B. spoils system   C. machine   D. direct primary   E. proportional representation
5 .		Which of the following is the greatest threat to party loyalty from the voters? [Hint]   A. none are correct   B. national party conventions   C. patronage   D. issue-oriented politics   E. machine
6 .		Which of the following is most descriptive of our party system today in the United States? [Hint]   A. two-party   B. strong and competitive third (minor) parties   C. a system that rarely has any two parties consistently dominate   D. one-party   E. strong multi-party
7 .		The best third-(minor) party showing of a presidential candidate in the 1900s was [Hint]   A. Robert LaFollette, Progressive, 1924.   B. John Anderson, Independent, 1980.   C. Ross Perot, Independent, 1992.   D. George Wallace, American Independent, 1968.   E. Theodore Roosevelt, Bull Moose party, 1912.
8 .		How many third-(minor) party candidates have been elected to the presidency in the 1900s? [Hint]   A. two   B. three   C. none   D. four   E. one
9 .		Which electoral reform would be most advantageous to a third party? [Hint]   A. single-member, plurality system   B. proportional representation   C. direct primaries   D. winner-take-all system
10 .		Who adopts the national party platform and nominates the presidential/vice-presidential candidates of the party? [Hint]   A. state party organization   B. governmental party   C. national convention   D. the president's executive party organization   E. voters in the direct primaries
11 .		In the past three decades, the proportion of party voting in the Congress has [Hint]   A. stayed about the same.   B. not been measured.   C. decreased slightly.   D. decreased substantially.   E. increased noticeably.
12 .		Presidential candidates' coattail effect has [Hint]   A. stayed about the same throughout the century.   B. been demonstrated to still have a large effect on voting, as in the case of both elections for Bill Clinton.   C. not been measured.   D. increased significantly compared with a generation ago.   E. diminished sharply compared with a generation ago.
13 .		The effect of political parties is NOT felt in which of the following institutions? [Hint]   A. judiciary   B. Congress   C. state legislatures   D. state executives (governors)   E. none of the above
14 .		Which party system "label" or description is most applicable to the state level? [Hint]   A. two-party   B. one-party   C. strong and competitive third-parties   D. multi-party   E. all state offices are nonpartisan
15 .		Until 1992, the Republican Party held key advantages over the Democrats in [Hint]   A. being able to win consistent majorities in the Congress over the past sixty years.   B. no area; the Democrats were much stronger in campaign service and fund-raising.   C. winning governorships.   D. campaign service and fund-raising.   E. being able to organize union labor workers to volunteer in election activities.
16 .		Parties, the Republicans in particular, turn to this technique to raise the largest amount of their revenue to meet party expenses: [Hint]   A. celebrity donations   B. Salvation Army buckets   C. mail solicitation   D. fund-raising dinners   E. booths at a variety of social events in communities
17 .		According to the authors, the most significant element of the political party is the [Hint]   A. governmental party.   B. organizational party.   C. presidential party.   D. congressional party.   E. party-in-the-electorate.
18 .		The trends in the statistics since 1952 regarding party affiliation demonstrate clearly that [Hint]   A. there has been a substantial increase in the number of potential voters that identify themselves as independent.   B. party identification over the past decades hasn't changed in any significant way.   C. there has been a substantial increase in the number of potential voters that identify themselves as Communist.   D. there has been a substantial increase in the number of potential voters that identify themselves as Republican.   E. there has been a substantial increase in the number of potential voters that identify themselves as Democrat.
19 .		Since 1952, which group has seen the most significant decrease in the percentage of potential voters or identifiers? [Hint]   A. Republicans   B. Independents   C. No group has seen a significant decrease in the percentage of potential voters or identifiers.   D. Democrats   E. Greens
20 .		Which of the following groups has the highest percentage of their population identify with the Democrat Party? [Hint]   A. women   B. Catholics   C. Protestants   D. the eighteen- to twenty-four-year-old age group   E. African-Americans