Chapters 7-10 Part II

Public distrust of the media

• appears to be growing.

• has remained about the same for three decades.

• appears to be decreasing.

• has never been studied in any rigorous manner.

• has decreased for persons who read magazines of opinion.

Exit polls are conducted

• during the national conventions.

• when voters change their party identification.

• just after a voter registers to vote.

• on election day at polling places.

• after each presidential debate.

The __________ to the U.S. Constitution ensures that women have the right to vote.

• Seventeenth Amendment

• Twenty-First Amendment

• Twentieth Amendment

• Eighteenth Amendment

• Nineteenth Amendment

The term superdelegate refers to

• delegates chosen by primary elections and grassroots caucuses.

• delegates representing special-interest caucuses, such as those organized to represent blacks or homosexuals.

• elected officials and party leaders who are not required to pledge themselves in advance to a presidential candidate.

• delegates at large who are chosen by a vote of the national party leadership.

• delegates who received more than 80 percent of the vote necessary to achieve their status.

The equal time rule obliges stations

• that sell advertising to one political candidate to sell equal time to that person’s opponent.

• to allow all candidates the opportunity to participate in debates.

• to provide all candidates the chance to appear in news stories.

• to provide equal news coverage of the campaigns of all candidates.

• to allow candidates equal time to respond to the airing of any of their opponents’ criticisms.

To win the presidential nomination as opposed to the general election, candidates generally present themselves as

• more conservative.

• more liberal.

• more liberal if Republican, more conservative if Democratic.

• more liberal if Democratic, more conservative if Republican.

• moderate.

The first real test of a candidate vying for the nomination comes in

• Florida.

• Rhode Island.

• California.

• Pennsylvania.

• Iowa.

A major difference between presidential campaigns and congressional campaigns is that

• presidential incumbents can more easily avoid responsibility.

• presidential races are generally more competitive.

• fewer people vote in presidential elections.

• congressional incumbents are more likely to be defeated.

• presidential incumbents can better serve their constituents.

Soft money is money that is obtained by

• party leaders’ PACs.

• party leaders.

• incumbents.

• challengers.

• political parties.

You must declare in advance that you are a registered member of a political party in a(n) __________ primary.

• static

• open

• blanket

• runoff

• closed