Voting and Elections

Which of the following would NOT be a form of political participation?

• voting in elections

• contacting public officials

• paying taxes

• forming an interest group

What is the most common form of political participation in America?

• voting

• contributing money for candidates

• working for a political party

• running for office

Which of the following best defines a recall?

• Recall allows voters to petition proposed issues presented before them

• Recall is a form of direct primary

• Recall is a form of indirect primary

• Recall is a special election allowing the voters to remove public officials from office before the end of their term

Which of the following is a drawback of modern campaigns?

• increased use of social media

• rising campaign costs

• decreases use of social media

• decreasing campaign costs

Which of the following primaries is used by the fewest number of states?

• closed primary

• open primary

• blanket primary

• presidential preference primary

Which of the following is NOT true concerning the expansion of suffrage in the United States?

• Religious qualifications and property ownership requirements were abolished after the Civil War

• The Fifteenth Amendment eliminated race disqualifications in voting

• The Nineteenth Amendment eliminated gender disqualifications

• The Twenty-Sixth Amendment lowered the voting age in federal elections to 18

Which of the following is a false statement?

• Most candidates running for president of the United States make formal 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 national 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

The electoral college, along with the popular vote of the people, determines the winner of a presidential election. What majority of the electoral vote is needed in order to be declared the winner?

• 538

• 435

• 100

• 270

The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

• limited the number of candidates who could run for any one office

• restricted the amount of campaign funds that could be spent on a single elcection

• restricted the amount of campaign donations to $1 per person

• restricted the amount of campaign contributions to $400 million for the major political parties

in 1976, the Supreme Court ruled that spending limits established by the Federal Election Campaign Act were unconstitutional. Which Supreme Court case validated this ruling?

• US. v. Nixon

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Buckley v. Valeo

• McCulloch v. Maryland