Campaigns and Election Test

Which event would come last?

• Nomination

• General election

• Caucus

• Convention

If a required majority is not met in a district primary, the two people with the most votes participate in a

• closed primary

• open primary

• nonpartisan primary

• runoff primary

All the following have been used in this country to nominate candidates for federal office except:

• Caucus

• Convention

• Survey/

  Questionnaire

• Self Appointment

In a closed primary:

• Anyone who is registered voter can participate

• Only a small number of party officials have a say in who becomes a candidate

• Only registered members of the party holding the primary can vote

• the curtains in the voting booth are open

In a open primary

• anyone who is registered voter can participate

• only a small number of party officials have a say in who becomes a candidate

• only registered members of the party holding the primary can vote

• the curtains in the voting booth are open

How many electoral votes does a presidential candidate need to win?

• 150

• 200

• 270

• 350

A common criticism of the electoral college is that it

• it gives too much power to states with the highest populations

• gives too much power to smaller states

• is not even a real college

• allows a person to win the presidency without a majority of votes

people who don't vote in elections tend to be

• urban and upper-class

• rural and male

• married and middle class

• educated and female

mid-term elections are elections in which-

• the president is chosen but no state officers are

• governors of all states are chosen

• some members of congress are elected but not the president

• voters decide only local issues

The summation of all people in society's views is also as:

• Bias

• Public Opinion

• The Coattail Effect

• Tyranny of the Majority