8th-Ch 10.3

The purpose of campaigns is...

• to collect money for the government

• To raise awareness of a particular topic

• to convince the public to vote for a particular candidate.

• to share private information from the government

When candidates or campaign workers travel through neighborhoods asking for votes or taking public opinion polls, they are _______.

• canvassing

• endorsing

• collecting funds

• voting

When a famous and popular person supports or campaigns for a candidate, it is an ________. The idea behind _________s is that if voters like the person making the _______, they may decide to vote for the candidate.

• electing

• voting

• canvassing

• endorsement

This enables a candidate to attack an opponent without offering an opportunity to respond.

• canvassing

• advertising

• endorsing

• electing

Campaign costs include all of the following except

• voting fees

• airfare

• salaries of campaign staff

• consultant fees

Until the 1970s, candidates relied on contributions from all of the following except

• business organizations

• labor unions

• individuals

• the government

A major source of money is the Presidential Election Campaign Fund created by the 1971 law. This fund allows taxpayers, by checking a box on their federal income tax return, to designate ___ of their annual taxes to go to the fund.

• $2

• $5

• $3

• $10

In general, major-party presidential candidates can qualify to get some of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund money to campaign in primary elections if they have raised _______ on their own.

• $500,000

• $1,000

• $1,000,000

• $100,000

Private sources provide campaign funds and include the following except

• individual citizens

• the government

• party organizations

• corporations

Corporations and labor unions are not allowed to give directly to campaigns and give unlimited amounts of soft money to political parties.

• True

• False