Ch 9 Campaigns and Elections Test Review

The District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) has:

• no electoral votes because it is not a state.
• three electoral votes, even though it is not a state.
• two electoral votes because it has two members in the Senate.
• five electoral votes because it has five members in the House of Representatives.

To be elected, a presidential candidate must receive:

• half of the 538 electoral votes available.
• three-fourths of the 538 electoral votes available.
• more than half of the 600 electoral votes available.
• more than half of the 538 electoral votes available (at least 50% +1)

Which of the following is true of primary elections?

• Voters select the candidates of their party, who will then run in the general election.
• Candidates who win general elections then contest in primary elections.
• Voter turnout is usually higher in primary elections than in general elections.
• Voters are allowed to choose the candidates of more than one party.

A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.

• general election
• caucus
• closed primary
• poll watchers

Nominating election held to choose party candidates who will run in the general election is called a

• primary election.
• caucus.
• political action committee (PAC).
• moderate.

An election held to choose which candidate will hold office.

• nomination
• candidate
• liberal
• general election

What is a person running for political office called?

• conservative
• media
• poll watcher
• candidate

What is a committee set up by a corporation or interest group to raise money for political candidates?

• political action committee (PAC)
• electoral college
• primary election
• caucus

What is the group selected by the states to elect the president and the vice-president, in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress called?

• political action committee
• electoral college
• primary election
• caucus

What is a system in which the candidate with the most votes in a state gets all of the votes from that state called?

• nomination
• caucus
• political action committee
• winner take all