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Practice Quiz Questions

12. Which feature of political parties is undermined by legislators
    who build a reputation with voters independent of the party
    label?
    a the recruitment of good candidates
    b the provision of ballot access
    c the simplification of voter choices
    d the encouragement of policy cooperation
    e the provision of electoral accountability


13. Which of the following is not a reason why members of a party
    in government might find it difficult to work together to enact
    new government programs?
    a Constituents from different districts might demand different
    policies.
    b Members might disagree about the desirability of different policy
    changes.
    c The party’s national committee might fail to write an acceptable
    party platform.
    d Enacting legislation might require votes from members of the
    other party.
    e Members might be focused on getting reelected.

Suggested Reading

Aldrich, John. Why Parties?, 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago

Press, 2014.

Bartels, Larry M. Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the

New Gilded Age. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2008.

Carmines, Edward G., and James A. Stimson. Issue Evolution: Race

and the Transformation of American Politics. Princeton, NJ:

Princeton University Press, 1989.

Cohen, Marty, David Karol, Hans Noel, and John Zaller. The Party

Decides: Presidential Nominations before and after Reform.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Cox, Gary, and Mathew McCubbins. Setting the Agenda: Party

Government in the U.S. House of Representatives. New York:

Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Fiorina, Morris. Retrospective Voting in American National Elections.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1981.

Green, Donald, Bradley Palmquist, and Eric Schickler. Partisan

Hearts and Minds. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004.

Noel, Hans. Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America. New

York: Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Polsby, Nelson. Consequences of Party Reform. New York: Oxford

University Press, 1983.

Rohde, David. Parties and Leaders in the Post-reform House. Chicago:

University of Chicago Press, 1991.

Schattschneider, E. E. Party Government. New York: McGraw-Hill,

1942.

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