SOL 5d Rising Campaign Costs and Reform

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 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 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

Rising campaign costs have led to

• Term limits for those borrowing money to finance their campaigns.
• Candidates borrowing money from the Political Parties reserve fund
• campaign finance reform
• Some candidates dropping out due to inadequate international funding.

What is campaign finance reform? 

• an effort to increase the amount of money that can be contributed to politicians
• an effort to limit the amount of money that can be donated to a politicians
• a movement to give national committees all donations for popular politicians
• Laws the reform the amount of money politicians can borrow from the political parties

Rising campaign costs limit opportunities for poor and middle class citizens to run for office.

• True

• False