Posted by | Winners of – elections go on to face each other in the – election. | primary general |
| One advantage digital media has over traditional media concerning campaigns is its low cost. | true it does |
| In 2016, – won the electoral college. In that same election, – won the popular vote. | Donald Trump Hillary Clinton |
| Match the frequency of the election cycle to the corresponding election type.presidential congressional | presidential – 4 years congressional – 2 years |
| Relative to campaigns in the nineteenth century, today’s campaigns require – effort by campaign workers and – campaign money. | less more |
| Which of the following statements are correct regarding the stability of party identification? | Looking at the electorate as a whole, party identification is stable.Individuals rarely change their party identification. |
| One of the unexpected twists of the 2016 election was how strong of a challenge Hillary Clinton faced for the Democratic nomination. Her strongest challenge came from which liberal Senator from Vermont? | bernie sanders |
| Ballot initiatives influence political behavior. Which of the following characteristics are correct regarding citizens in states with ballot initiatives? | higher levels of turnoutmore knowledge about politics |
| Since America’s Founding, candidates for president have been nominated using a variety of methods. Put the following nomination methods in order from earliest in American history to the most recent. | congressional “King Caucus”delegates chosen by state party leadersdelegates chosen by primaries and caucuses |
| Match the type of campaign on the left with each campaign characteristic that describes it on the right.grassroots campaign mass media campaign | local campaign-grassroots campaignorganizationally driven-grassroots campaignstatewide campaign-mass media campaignmoney-intensive-mass media campaign |
| In the United States, which levels of government are most responsible for administering elections? | city governmentscounty governmentsstate governments |
| Maria is deciding whether to vote to re-elect a sitting president or to vote for the other party’s challenger. She decides to engage in retrospective voting. As a retrospective voter, she might consider which of the following? | how the economy did during the president’s previous term in office |
| Which of the following set groups such as 527s and 501(c)(4)s apart from more traditional campaign finance groups such as political action committees? | These groups are not subject to the spending limits of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act.These groups cannot coordinate directly with campaigns. |
| McCutcheon et al. v. FEC (2014) | removed limits on individuals’ campaign contributions |
| Citizens United v. FEC (2010) | government could not restrict independent expenditures by corporations |
| Buckley v. Valeo (1974) | introduced idea that campaign contributions count as speech |
| When is party identification most likely to influence a person’s vote choice? | when that person is voting on state legislative candidateswhen that person is unfamiliar with the issueswhen that person knows little about the candidates |
| Direct democracy allows voters the opportunity to directly translate their preferences into government policy. Match the following characteristics of direct democracy to their respective form—ballot initiatives or referenda. | Ballot Initiatives: Allow citizens to place proposed laws directly on ballotReferenda: State legislatures refers laws to voters for popular vote; present in 50 states |
| Order the political candidates on their likelihood of attracting campaign donations from interest groups from most likely to least likely. | 1. Incumbent members of majority party2. Incumbent member of minority party3. Challenger candidate from majority party4. Challenger candidate from minority party |
| Which form of electoral system is most common in the United States? | plurality system |
| Which statement best characterizes the relationship between consumer confidence and presidential elections? | the incumbent party tends to win when the confidence exceeds 100 |
| Negative campaign ads are more likely to address -, while positive campaign ads tend to focus on -. | policy positions personal characteristics |
| The trend in campaign finance law over time has been toward which the following? | fewer restrictions on campaign donations |
| By participating in as many newsworthy events as possible, such as visiting orphanages or disaster sites, candidates are often attempting to save money by generating so-called __________ media. | free media |
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