Campaign Financing and Elections

Supporting a candidate with money and volunteers is often the agenda of a —

• WTA

• NTE

• PAC

• SAAD

Running for political office is ________________

• expensive

• moderate

• easy

• cheap

Campaign finance reform has led to legislation that ______

• Limits the number of candidates

• Allows unlimited funding

• Promotes free advertising

• Limits individual contributions

Re: Campaign Finance Laws. What type of campaign contributions were eliminated under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA)?

• "hard" money contributions
• "soft" money contributions
• "corrupt" money contributions
• "corporate" money contributions

Political Action Committees (PACs) have become more influential in recent campaigns because they ________..

• limit the number of candidates seeking elected office

• help pay the high costs of campaigns

• provide candidates for public office

• limit opportunities for people to run for office

What is the main difference between PACs and Super PACs?

• The amount of money they can contribute

• What they are allowed to name themselves

• How many people are allowed to be a part of the organization

• Where their headquarters can be located

The most common form of nominating candidates for office in the United States is

• the caucus

• the petition

• the convention

• the direct primary

An election in which only registered party members may participate is the

• open primary

• runoff primary

• closed primary

• blanket primary

What was one purpose of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, also known as the McCain-Feingold Act?

• to limit the use of soft money in campaigns

• to make voter registration more convenient

• to ban the participation of PACs in campaigns

• to promote the use of more accurate voting

In which kind of primary election would a registered independent be unable to vote?

• closed primary

• open primary

• blanket primary

• nonpartisan primary