Final Exam PSCI 1100 Questions With Correct Answers.
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Final Exam PSCI 1100 Questions With
Correct Answers.
Where are political parties? - answerThree "locations":
1) Party in the electorate (PIE)
2) Party as an organization (PAO)
3) Party in government (PIG)
Why do parties exist? - answer- Value for politicians: Parties help create durable coali...
Final Exam PSCI 1100 Questions With
Correct Answers.
Where are political parties? - answer✔✔Three "locations":
1) Party in the electorate (PIE)
2) Party as an organization (PAO)
3) Party in government (PIG)
Why do parties exist? - answer✔✔- Value for politicians: Parties help create durable coalitions.
- Value for voters: Parties provide a simple cue that helps voters make decisions.
- Value for activists: Parties provide a more effective way of electing members who serve the
activists' interests.
Why only 2 major parties in the U.S.? - answer✔✔- Duverger's Law: In systems where a single
winner is elected by a plurality, strategic voting tends to reduce the number of alternatives to 2.
- Voters don't agree on what a third party should stand for
-Voters may not support reforms that would help third parties
What do parties do, and how has this changed over time? - answer✔✔- Parties organize people.
- Over time, they have become more homogenous, stronger (in terms of who is elected), and
more polarized.
How strong are parties? And how strong should we want them to be? - answer✔✔- Parties are
arguably very strong right now, but how strong they are depends on views of American
democracy.
- Many will argue that they are weaker because of the difference in how information is delivered.
- Stronger parties make it harder to have bipartisan politics.
Different types of interest groups - answer✔✔Economic groups:
- Business groups
(a) Single company
(b) Trade association
(c) Community-wide (chamber of commerce)
- Labor unions (AFL-CIO)
- Farm groups (AFBF, crop groups)
- Professional associations (AMA, ABA)
Different types of interest groups (Part 2) - answer✔✔Non-economic groups:
- Historical examples: abolitionism; prohibition; women's suffrage
- Explosion of social movements and related advocacy groups in 1960-70s:
(a) Civil rights
(b) Women's rights
(c) Gay rights
(d) Anti-war movement
(e) Environmentalism
(f) Christian Right (anti-abortion, prayer in schools, etc.)
(g) Anti-tax movement (prop 13 in California)
(h) Public interest groups (common cause, consumer groups)
What do groups do? - answer✔✔- Lobbying
- Grassroots lobbying
- Campaign activity
- Direct action
- Litigation
Why do groups form? - answer✔✔1) Respond to new events, especially threats to people's
interests or values
2) Compete with other groups
3) Government encourages them
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