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AP US Government

Category - Elections & Influences

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Which of the following best describes the structure of the two major American political parties?
  1. They are without organization or structure.
  2. They are alliances of national, state, and local organizations unified by agreement on ideology and policy.
  3. They are centrally controlled hierarchical organizations.
  4. They are alliances of national, state, and local organizations that are often divided into ideological factions.
  5. They are affiliated with international political parties with headquarters in Switzerland.
Explanation
Answer: D - The Democratic and Republican Parties in the US are coalitions of smaller local bodies that frequently don’t agree on a lot of policy issues. Often the differences in ideology are regional. The Democratic Party in the South, for example, is not as liberal as the Democratic Party in the Northeast or on the West Coast.
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