Campaign Cost and Contributions CE 5

Campaign Cost and Contributions CE 5

Multiple Choice

How much money do you think was spent on the 2020 presidential election?

• 12 million

• 6 billion

• 12 billion

• 14 billion

Multiple Choice

What is the main thing that you need to know about political campaigns?

• they bring out the worst in people

• they are a necessary evil

• they are expensive

Multiple Choice

What does PAC or Super PAC stand for?

• Political Action Committees

• Political Advice Commission

• Process Action Council

Multiple Select

Does political donations affect elections?

• yes

• no

• sometimes

• depends on the election

The high cost of campaigning influence elections.

• it makes candidates do many fund-raising activities

  
  

•  you must be rich to run for office and stops qualified people from running for office

• the rich have an advantage because they can spend their own money

• it has created PACs and Super PACs to fund elections

• special interest groups have more influence that the people

Multiple Select

What are examples of special interest groups ?

• Unions

• Companies or Corporations

• political actions committee

• Military

Multiple Choice

What are political reform laws?

• laws that regulate elections

• law that regulate political parties

• laws that put limits on how much money an individual can contribute in an elections

Campaign Reform -laws that limit the amount of money individuals can give to a candidate.

• Campaign finance reform

  individuals, business, and unions can donate unlimited amounts to PACs and Super PACs

Multiple Choice

What court case established that unlimited amounts of of contributions to PACs?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Citizen United v. Federal Election Commission

• Citizen United v Electoral College

dDscuss what this political cartoon is stating. Identify the symbols, word and pictures represent.

Discuss the point this political cartoon is making, identify words, symbols, pictures.