Campaigns and Voting

Campaigns and Voting

By Christina Camacho

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a drawback of modern campaigns?

• increased use of social media

• rising campaign costs

• decreased use of social media

• decreasing campaign costs

Multiple Choice

Which is true of SuperPACs

• are not regulated by the FEC
• are allowed to coordinate with candidates
• Can receive unlimited donations and spend as much as they want
• cannot use express advocacy

Multiple Choice

Why are soft money contributions controversial?

• benefits 3rd parties

• is given to political parties

• limits access to politicians

• is unlimited and not well accounted for

Multiple Choice

What does PAC stand for?

• Presidential Active Campaign

• Public Access Channel

• Political Action Committee

• Politician Agreement Clause

Multiple Choice

Which was a result of the Federal Elections Campaign Act?

• Limited individual and PAC donations
• Banned soft money
• Limited candidates to only public funding
• led to rise of SuperPACs

Multiple Choice

Which was a direct result of the Citizens United court ruling?

• decrease in campaign spending
• creation of SuperPACs
• creation of 501 c groups
• decrease in use of public funds in campaigns

Multiple Choice

Running for political office is ________________

• expensive

• moderate

• easy

• cheap

Multiple Choice

Campaign finance reform has led to legislation that ______

• Limits the number of candidates

• Allows unlimited funding

• Promotes free advertising

• Limits individual contributions

Multiple Choice

What is a party platform?

• Is a series of statements expressing a party’s principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues.

• Where a politician gives speeches.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a false statement?

• Most candidates running for president of the United Staes make foraml announcements as to the seeking of their party's nomination.

• After the national convention, candidates begin campaigning for the general election.

• The purpose of a ntional nominating convention is to select a party's presidential candidate and write a party platform.

• Presidential primaries provide little help for the American voter in determining a party's political candidate.

Multiple Choice

In this format voters organize regionally by party and hold a public vote for which candidate they want to represent their party.

• Closed Primary
• Open Primary
• Direct Election
• Caucas

Multiple Choice

What method of picking a candidate is most often associated with the state of Iowa?

• The primary

• The caucus

• The petition

• The self-announcement

Multiple Choice

Type of election that determines the nominee of a given party.

• General
• Primary
• Referendum
• Initiative

Multiple Choice

 A group of persons selected by the voters in each state, that officially elects the president and vice president. 

• Direct Primary
• House of Represntatives
• Electoral College
• Senate

Multiple Choice

How many votes are are necessary for a candidate to carry the electoral college?

•  100
• 400
• 538
• 270

Multiple Choice

What level of party organization nominates President and Vice-President?

• national caucus

• national committee

• national chairperson

• national convention

Multiple Choice

What is the total number of electoral votes?

• 100

• 270

• 535

• 538

Multiple Choice

With the exception of two states, the candidate that receives a ____ gets ____ of the state's electoral votes.

• majority, half

• plurality, all

• minority, some

• plurality, most

Multiple Choice

In order to be elected President, a candidate must receive a ____ of the electoral college votes.

• plurality

• majority

• half

• two-thirds

Multiple Choice

CE. 5c The media play a very important role in the political process of elections. They help -

• Nominate candidates to run for political office.
• Highlight campaign issues and community concerns.
• Limit opportunities for citizens to run for political office.
• By broadcasting jokes or publishing cartoons about the current president.

Multiple Choice

CE. 5c While the media sometimes uses misleading information called propaganda, more often it uses bias, which means –

• Broadcasting different points of view
• Separating fact from opinion
• Favoring one side over the other
• Rising campaign costs

Multiple Choice

CE. 5c Mail propaganda, television ads, and phone calls during elections are Political Parties way of:

• Recruiting candidates
• Monitoring actions of office holders
• Educating the Electorate
• Voting

Multiple Choice

This category represents the largest expense for most political campaigns:

• salaries

• strategies and research

• media

• fundraising

Multiple Choice

When a Senator already holds an office it is much easier to win the next election. This is often called 

• Franking
• Politics
• The Incumbency Effect
• Gerrymandering

Multiple Choice

Which term best describes this picture

• Gerrymandering
• Incumbency
• Political Action Committees
• Electoral College

Multiple Choice

When you mail campaign materials with public funds.

• Gerrymandering
• Public Mailing
• Freding
• Franking

Multiple Choice

You can win the popular vote for President but still lose the election.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

All but two states use the "winner-take-all" system to decide who gets the electoral votes. Which two states use the proportional system to award electoral votes?

• Maine and New Hampshire

• Nebraska and Vermont

• Massachusetts and Maine

• Maine and Nebraska

Multiple Choice

Wendy does not know much about the candidates who are running for local office and decides that she will vote for whoever is in her political party. This is an example of:

• retrospective voting.

• rational choice voting.

• party-line voting.

• prospective voting.