Wyatt CE 5d Campaign Costs

CE. 5d A PAC can best be defined as a -

• Political Action Congress
• Partisan Action Committee
• Political Alibi Commission
• Political Action Committee

CE. 5d Campaign finance reform is -

• An effort to limit the amount of money that can be contributed to politicians.
• An effort to increase the amount of money that can be contributed to politicians.
• A movement to admit Puerto Rico as the 51st state.
• A movement to give national committees all donations for popular politicians.

CE. 5d Rising campaign costs give an advantage to what type of individuals?

• Poor
• Wealthy
• Hardworking
• Middle-Class

CE. 5d What does PAC stand for?

• Politics Authorizing Committee
• Politics and Commutators
• Political Action Committee
• Political Artifact College

CE. 5d rising campaign costs

• require candidates to conduct extensive fundraising activities
• open the opportunities for many people to run for office
• give an advantage to middle income and poor candidates
• discourage the development of PACs

CE. 5d organizations formed by interest groups; 
collect and raise money from groups members
give money to candidates who supports their views

• interest groups
• PACs (poltical action committees)
• third parties
• political parties

CE. 5d rising campaign costs have led to efforts to change campaign finance laws

• true
• false

CE. 5d What has happened to campaign costs in recent years, causing candidates to do extensive fundraising?

• Costs have decreased
• Costs have increased
• Costs have remained the same
• The political parties pay for the election

CE 5d The increasing influence of ________________________, organizations which will donate money to candidates who vote favorably on issue(s) they believe to be important, have led to calls to limit the amount of money that can be donated to political campaigns

• Special interest groups

• Media

• Third party

• Political parties

CE 5d Rising costs of campaigns gives an advantage to the __________________ and ___________________ the opportunities to run for office.

• Middle class; increases

• Middle class; decreases

• Poor; decreases

• Wealthy; decreases