Political Parties
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Mary Cox
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excerpt from iCivics
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Multiple Choice
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Many are allowed (multi-pary) but two dominate
Republican Party and Democratic Party
Independents do not identify totally with either party
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Put on the spectrum...
The government should take strong action to solve society’s problems—
The government should not get involved in solving society’s problems—
The government should leave people and businesses alone to do what they want to do—
Offer tax breaks to people and businesses who do good things or stop doing harmful or unfair things—
Pass laws to keep people and business from doing harmful or unfair things
The government should regulate people and businesses to promote the common good on all issues—
Pay for government-run programs to help people
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Not always on the ballot (paper that lists candidates running for office)
States can make rules that make it difficult to get your name on the ballot
Libertarian Party is third party on 30 state ballots
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Multiple Select
Based on the quote, decide how each voter is probably registered.
"I am committed to my political party"
Independent
Third Party
Republican/Democrat
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Multiple Select
Based on the quote, decide how each voter is probably registered.
Supporting a party I truly believe in is more important than seeing my candidates win elections
Independent
Third Party
Republican/Democrat
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Multiple Select
Based on the quote, decide how each voter is probably registered.
I don't agree with either the Republicans or Democrats all the time, so I don't want to commit to either one.
Independent
Third Party
Republican/Democrat
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Multiple Select
Based on the quote, decide how each voter is probably registered.
I don't fully agree with my party's platform, but I want to support a party that has power and influence.
Independent
Third Party
Republican/Democrat
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Each party lists its ideas on how government should handle certain issues (platform)
Republican and Democratic platforms are similar... Why?
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Multiple Select
Which of the following quotes is from the Democratic Party's platform?
"We will abolish the death penalty, which has proven to be a cruel and unusual form of punishment" p. 16
"The constitutionality of the death penalty firmly settled by its explicit mention in the Fifth Amendment" p. 40
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Multiple Select
“Simplifying our tax code will help the middle class because it will make it easier for small businesses to hire and grow....we should lower our corporate tax rate...so that companies will start bringing their money and their jobs back here from overseas.”
Senator Marco Rubio 2013
Which political party reflects the ideas in the quote?
Democratic Part
Republican Party
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Multiple Select
Which of the following quotes is from the Republican Party's platform?
"Traditional marriage and family, based on marriage between one man and one woman, is the foundation for a free society..." (p. 11)
"[We] applaud last year's decision by the Supreme Court that recognized that LGBT people..have the right to marry..." (p. 19)
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Multiple Select
Which of the following quotes is from the Democratic Party's platform?
"We support a progressive vision of religious freedom that respects pluralism and rejects the misuse of religion to discriminate" ( p. 19)
"[We] affirm the rights of religious students to engage in voluntary prayer at public school events" (p. 12)
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Create Balance
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Nominate candidates
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Inform citizens
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Influence policy
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Multiple Select
Party leaders meet with a senator who is not supporting the party’s platform on environmental issues.
support candidates
influence laws and policy
inform voters
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Multiple Select
A political party pays for a series of televised attack ads against a candidate from the other party
influence voters
create balance
unite levels of government
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Multiple Select
A state governor meets with a city mayor and state senator from the same party to discuss the governor’s policy on education.
unite levels of government
support candidates
inform voters
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Multiple Select
A party’s state office runs a phone bank before the election to call party supporters and remind them to support the party’s candidates
support candidates and inform voters
create balance
unite levels of government
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Multiple Select
A group of legislators from the minority and majority parties meet to discuss a compromise after a failed vote on a bill.
influence voters
create balance
support candidates
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Multiple Select
A party's state office ask party members to write their legislators and ask them to vote "no" on a state tax bill.
Influence laws and policy
unite government
create balance
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