Government and politics of the USA exam tips

Exam tips

• The electoral process and direct democracy Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate split-ticket voting and high levels of abstention in US elections..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political parties Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to understand the meaning of the prescribed key concepts and terminology for US political parties..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political parties Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate the ideologies, values, policies, traditions and organisation of the Democratic and Republican parties..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political parties Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate ideological change making the Democratic and Republican parties more distinct and polarised..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political parties Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate the factionalised nature of US parties and their internal divisions..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political parties Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate debates concerning party decline or renewal and the weakness of US parties..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political parties Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate two-party dominance in US politics..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political parties Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate the significance of third parties and independent candidates..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Pressure groups Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to understand the meaning of the prescribed key concepts and terminology for US pressure groups..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Pressure groups Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate the extent of political pluralism in the USA..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.