QUESTION-A-DAY #24
24th May 2018
Revision & Exam Practice for the “legacy” A Level qualifications including:
- Edexcel (Unit 3C – Representative Processes in the USA, Unit 4C – Governing the USA)
- AQA (Unit 3A – The Politics of the USA, Unit 4A – The Government of the USA)
- OCR (F855 – US Government & Politics)
How to use these questions for revision and exam practice:
- For short-answer questions, write a 3 paragraph response using the PEEACH paragraph structure (P=point, E=evidence, E=explain, A=argument, C=counter argument, H=how does this answer the question?)
- Once you have completed your question, read the indicative content and the mark scheme.
- Complete the “Make It Better” (MIB) Task:
- Highlight the parts of the indicative content your were able to fully explain and exemplify in green.
- Highlight the parts of the indicative content you partially explained and/or exemplified in yellow.
- Highlight the parts of the indicative content which you did not include in red.
- Using the mark scheme, award yourself a level and a mark – compare this to your target grade – are you on track to achieve this in the examination?
- There is also a space for you to add additional notes and/or examples that don’t appear in the indicative content, or add better explanations, or include additional, points from the indicative content.
To what extent do minor parties have an impact on US politics? (15)
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Indicative Content
Evidence that minor parties have an impact includes:
- in presidential elections, minor party candidates have periodically had an effect on the campaigns of Democratic and Republican candidates, e.g. Wallace/Nixon in 1968 and 1972, Perot/Bush and Clinton in 1992 and Nader/Gore in 2000
- they may also have had an effect on the result, Perot possibly in 1992 and Nader very probably in 2000
Evidence that minor parties have only a limited impact includes:
- in Congress, the influence of minor parties is nil; after the 2010 midterms, all 535 representatives are Democrats or Republicans, and the only senators not members of the two main parties are independents
- the strongest performance by a gubernatorial candidate of a minor party in 2010 was Tom Tancredo’s strong second for the American Constitution Party in the Colorado race for governor
- consistent impact of minor parties is limited to local politics such as city councils
| Levels | Descriptors |
| Level 3
(11-15 marks) |
Full and developed knowledge and understanding of relevant institutions, processes, political concepts, theories or debates.
Good or better ability to analyse and explain political information, arguments and explanations. Sophisticated ability to construct and communicate coherent arguments, making good use of appropriate vocabulary. |
| Level 2
(6-10 marks) |
Satisfactory knowledge and understanding of relevant institutions, processes, political concepts, theories or debates.
Sound ability to analyse and explain political information, arguments and explanations. Adequate ability to construct and communicate coherent arguments, making some use of appropriate vocabulary. |
| Level 1
(1-5 marks) |
Limited knowledge and understanding of relevant institutions, processes, political concepts, theories or debates.
Poor ability to analyse and explain political information, arguments and explanations. Weak ability to construct and communicate coherent arguments, making little or no use of appropriate vocabulary. |
| MIB
TASK |
· Highlight the parts of the indicative content your were able to fully explain and exemplify in green.
· Highlight the parts of the indicative content you partially explained and/or exemplified in yellow. · Highlight the parts of the indicative content which you did not include in red. |
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