Answer to Question 1
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Describe a secular realignment as a gradual rearrangement of party coalitions based more on demographic shifts than on shocks to the political system. Note that the most recent realignment has been of the secular variety.
2. Describe a party realignment as a rare event in American politics often associated with a major national crisis. Critical elections, economic crisis, or war may be key precipitators.
Answer to Question 2
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Identify the major functions of American political parties: running candidates for office, getting out the vote, facilitating electoral choice, providing leadership in policy formulation, and organizing institutions of government such as congressional committees.
The logistic growth model does not describe all populations.
The Rise of the Second American Party System, 1828
Which Political Party Dominates?
Describe the Conceptual Forecasting Framework in your own words.
IMAGES THAT DESCRIBE CELLULAR PARTS
Party identification: 1952-2020