Political Parties & Interest Groups Study Guide 1. Know all the task of political parties 2. Ticket-splitting 3.

What do you have to do to become a member of a political party? 4. Identify a linkage institution 5. Three-headed political giants 6. What age group has the weakest party ties? 7. Party machine 8. Open primaries 9. Patronage 10.Closed primaries 11.Rational-choice theory 12.Most American voters are: liberal, conservative, or moderate 13.Blanket primaries 14.What was the first party system in the United States? 15.Critical election 16.Party era 17.Coalition 18.What is the supreme power within political parties? 19.Andrew Jackson was identified with which political party? 20.What did the Republican Party begin as? 21.What did the first American political party evolve from? 22.How often are national conventions held? 23.Significance of the election of 1896 24.Divided government 25.Dealignment 26.What tore apart the Democratic Party in 1968?

Political Parties & Interest Groups Study Guide 27.Party dealignment is symbolized by ____________________. 28.Which amendment protects the rights of interest groups to organize? 29.Third parties 30.Interest group definition 31.Winner-take-all system 32.Difference between political parties and interest groups 33.Madison referred to interest groups as _____________________. 34.Pluralist theory 35.Elite theory 36.Madison believed the development of political parties would be ___________________. 37.Group theory of politics 38.Hyperpluralists 39.Interest group liberalism 40.Olsons Law of Large Groups 41.Free-rider problem 42.Actual group 43.Advantage of single-issue groups 44.Olson 45.Collective good 46.Biggest obstacles of the effectiveness of large groups 47.Potential groups 48.Since the 1960s, participation in interest groups has _____________________. 49.Electioneering 50.Lobbying 51.Amicus curiae brief 52.Four traditional strategies employed by interest groups

Political Parties & Interest Groups Study Guide 53.Common functions of lobbyists 54.PACs 55.Class action lawsuit 56.Right-to-work laws 57.Union shop 58.Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers 59.NAACP 60.National Organization for Women 61.Public interest lobbies Short Answer Questions: 1. Describe each of the following techniques and explain why an interest group would choose each technique. a. Litigation: b. Campaign contributions: c. Grassroots lobbying/mass mobilization: 2. Identify and explain how two rules of the United States electoral system act as obstacles to minor-party candidates winning elections. 3. Minor parties make important contributions to the United States political system in spite of the institutional obstacles to their candidates success. Describe two of these contributions. 4. Identify the fundamental goal of interest groups in the political process. 5. Identify the fundamental goal of major political parties in the political process. 6. Define policy agenda.