Campaign Finance and Media Review

What is a group organized around the support or disapproval of a particular issue?

• The Media

• Political Party

• Interest Group

• Lobbying

True or False: The main goal of interest groups is to raise money.

• True

• False

Which of these have been around the longest?

• Social Media

• Interest Groups

• PACs

• Super PACs

What is a group created to raise money with specific financial limitations?

• Interest Groups

• Lobbying

• Super PACs

• PACs

Which of these is NOT true for PACs?

• There is a $5,000 limit for candidates

• There is a $15,000 limit for political parties

• They must be independent of any candidate

• Corporations can donate

Which court case allowed for the creation of Super PACs?

• Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Roe vs. Wade

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

True or False: Corporations can donate unlimited funds to Super PACs

• True

• False

What is the one limitation placed on Super PACs?

• Corporations cannot donate

• They cannot donate more than 100 million dollars per year

• They can only operate in Presidential elections

• They have to be independent of any candidate

What is the action of working to influence government officials?

• Media

• Lobbying

• Interest Groups

• Campaigning

True or False: Lobbyist all lobby as a career

• True

• False