What is the most frequent response to the Party ID question?

What is the most frequent response to the Party ID question?

Answer:the independent option.

What was the rational-choice theory? Who suggested it?

What was the rational-choice theory? Who suggested it?

Answer: Tt seeks to explain political processes and outcomes as consequences of purposive behavior.

1. Voters want to maximize the chance that they policies that they favor will be adopted by govt
2. parties want to win office

Anthony Downs suggested this.

What are the four major changes that have occurred in the party system with the emergence of the split-level party?

What are the four major changes that have occurred in the party system with the emergence of the split-level party?

1. party loyalty has declined
2. those who do identify with a party are more likely to belong to the party that matches their ideology
3. the advent of split-ticket voting
4. most candidates do not have the depend heavily on the party organization

What were the 5 party realignments?

What were the 5 party realignments?

1. 1800 Jeff. Rep. def. Fed.
2. 1828 Jackson Democrats come to power
3. 1860 Whig Party collapses and Rep. come to power
4. 1896 Rep (McKinley) defeats Dem. William Jennings Bryan
5. 1932 Demo. under Roosevelt come to power

What are the three arenas that political parties exist within?

What are the three arenas that political parties exist within?

1. a label with which voters identify
2. a set of leaders who organize govt
3. as organizations that nominate and elect candidates

What do advocates of the responsible party model believe?

What do advocates of the responsible party model believe?

1. Parties must present distinct, comprehensive programs
2. Candidates must be committed to its program and have the cohesion and discipline to carry it out
3. the majority party must implements its programs, and the minority must state what it would do if it were in power
4. the majority party must accept responsibility for the performance of the government

What are the 3 basic varieties of parties?

What are the 3 basic varieties of parties?

1. parties that promote certain causes (prohibition of alcoholic beverages, or socialism or libertarianism)
2. Splinter parties - offshoots of a major party (T. Roosevelt's Progressives in 1912, Strong Thurmond's States' Righters in 1948, and George Wallace's American Independents in 1968)
3. An extension of a popular individual with presidential aspirations (Anderson 1980; Perot 1992 and 1996)

What reforms placed jobs under the merit system rather than the machine's discretion, weakening the machine's power?

What reforms placed jobs under the merit system rather than the machine's discretion, weakening the machine's power?

Answer: progressive.

In 2004, what percent of the population called themselves independents?

In 2004, what percent of the population called themselves independents?

Answer: 39%.

What had the American National Election Study found that the population believes?

What had the American National Election Study found that the population believes?

Answer: 2/3rds of the population believes that important differences exist between the parties.

What are the three-headed political giants?

What are the three-headed political giants?

1. The party in the electorate
2. The party as an organization
3. The party in government