US Political Parties

What’s inside

• Which issue has historically been associated most strongly with the modern Democratic Party's national platform?
• What is the main purpose of a party platform in the United States?
• Which statement best describes a primary election in the United States?
• Why do third-party candidates rarely win the presidency in the United States?
• The Democratic Party is commonly represented by the symbol of a [____].
• The Republican Party is commonly represented by the symbol of an [____].
• The U.S. party that emerged in 1854 in opposition to the expansion of slavery was the [____] Party.
• In the United States, a party's formal statement of principles and policy goals is called its [____].