Campaign Finance Reform

Supporting a candidate with money and volunteers is often the agenda of a —

• WTA

• NTE

• PAC

• SAAD

America is becoming less democratic. Only the rich can afford to run for government. _ What explains this opinion?

• Number of elections

• Expensive registration fees

• High campaign costs

• Influence of lobbyists

Political Action Committees (PACs) have become more influential in recent campaigns because they ________..

• limit the number of candidates seeking elected office

• help pay the high costs of campaigns

• provide candidates for public office

• limit opportunities for people to run for office

Why do wealthy individuals often have an advantage when running for public office?

• Political Action Committees (PACs) will only contribute to wealthy candidates.

• They have a broader educational background

• Rising campaign costs have limited opportunities to run for office

• The government has set stricter requirements for political candidates

Select all the following that the U.S government has done to limit high campaign cost (select 2)

• Placed NO limitations on the amount a person can donate

• Limits the amount that an individual can donate

• Passed Campaign Finance Reform to help lower campaign cost

• U.S government has done nothing to help curb campaign cost

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.

• Political Parties

• Special interest groups

• Third Party

• Media

Rising costs of campaigns gives an advantage to the_____________ and _______________ the opportunities to run for office

• Wealthy;decreases

• Middle Class; decreases

• Middle Class;increases

• poor;decreases

Looking at this political cartoon, what message is the author's opinion about the impact of Political Action Committees on elections?

• PACS focus and drive a specific issue

• PACS impact elections by raising and donating large amounts of money to candidates they support. Whichever candidate has the most support from PACS has the advantage in an election.

• PACS help voters focus on specific issues

• PACS are groups of people who have similar ideas about how government should run and give people the opportunity to participate in elections

Running for political office is ________________

• expensive

• moderate

• easy

• cheap

According to the graph, what trend can be determined about recent U.S. elections?

• Campaign costs are rising

• Campaign costs are decreasing

• Campaign costs have remained the same

• There is no trend to this graph