Test Bank Answers Ch.9 Vries Party Competition - European Politics 1e | Test Bank de Vries by de Vries. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 9: Party Competition
Test Bank
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 09 Question 01
1) Which of the following is NOT a key assumption of the Downsian model of party competition?
Feedback: Page reference: 9.2 Spatial Models of Party Competition
a. A two-party system.
b. Party strategies shaping the issues voters care about.
c. Unidimensional electoral competition.
d. Primacy of policy preferences over valence issues.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 09 Question 02
2) What is the Issue Competition model of party competition?
Feedback: Page reference: 9.3 Issue Competition and Issue Entrepreneurship
a. Parties focus on making the election about those issues on which they are considered the most competent by voters.
b. Party competition is fought exclusively on the basis of issues.
c. In each election, one issue is the most salient and whichever party is most congruent in this issue will win the election.
d. Parties can only win elections when they are the only party owning a particular issue.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 09 Question 03
3) Which of these statements about valence politics is NOT correct?
Feedback: Page reference: 9.5 Valence Models of Party Competition
a. Valence issues matter only when major parties are very distant ideologically.
b. Voters’ evaluation of leaders’ character and competence matter when making decisions about whom to vote for.
c. Challenger parties often adopt a valence strategy by pointing out corruption or dishonesty amongst mainstream and government parties.
d. Many voters decide who to vote for based on valence considerations.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 09 Question 04
4) Which of the following is NOT a strategy for mainstream parties to react to niche parties?
Feedback: Page reference: 9.6 Responses of Mainstream Parties to Challengers
a. Accommodative strategy
b. Adversarial strategy
c. Emotional strategy
d. Dismissive strategy
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 09 Question 05
5) Which of the following best describes the majority of European party systems?
Feedback: Page reference: 9.1 Party Systems
a. Single-party system
b. Multi-party system
c. Two-party system
d. Dominant party system