Quizizz for AP Government 5.3 & 5.4

Which of the following best explains how most candidates are recruited to run for office?

• Most candidates running for office are selected after earning merit working for the government.

• Political parties usually recruit and train people at the local level they believe are most fit to run for office.

• Most candidates who run for office are recruited by political leaders to do so because they are famous.

• Candidates for office usually first work as lawyers for political parties before running for office.

How do parties link citizens to the electoral process?

• raise money

• encourage members of Congress to pass laws

• voter registration

• amendments to the Constitution

voting for candidates who are all from one particular political party

• party-line voting

• retrospective voting

• microtargeting

What are the two main parties called?

• Democrats and Republicans
• Green and Red
• Independent and Imcumbent
• Democrats and Reds 

what is voter mobilization?

• a poll tax

• encouraging people to vote

• federalism

• party-line voting

What is the purpose of a political party's platform?

• to tell Americans what to believe

• to outline and make clear their views on important issues

• to help candidates who don't understand the issues

• to make it easy for opposing parties to adopt their views

What is a strategy an interest group might use to influence an election's outcome (results)?

• pay candidates to quit running

• conduct public opinion polls

• run TV and newspaper ads

• hire high-powered lobbyists to influence legislators

How do Political Action Committees (PACs) influence government?

• advising the President

• staffing Congressional offices

• financially supporting causes and campaigns

• sending written summaries of cases to the Supreme Court

Running for political office can be very ___________.

• frustrating

• expensive

• boring

• rewarding

Rising campaign costs require candidates to

• post comments to Twitter

• spend less time seeking donations

• propose a campaign cost amendment to the Constitution

• conduct extensive fundraising activities