Chapter 9 American Government

The Democratic and Republican candidates for president are formally nominated at the __________.

• national party committees

• presidential primaries and caucuses

• electoral college

• national party conventions

A campaign might use __________ to solicit campaign contributions from those who have supported candidates with similar views in the past.

• soft money

• caucuses

• direct mailing

• frontloading

In 2016, the amount an individual could legally contribute to a candidate’s campaign was __________.

• $100

• $1,000

• $2,700

• $25,000

Prior to being banned in 2002 by the McCain-Feingold Act, unlimited monetary contributions that were earmarked for party-building expenses at the grassroots level or for generic party advertising were known as __________.

• hard money

• soft money

• matching funds

• support funds

Researchers studying campaigns stress that campaigns can have what three effects on voters?

• selection, application, and alteration

• reinforcement, alteration, and adaptation

• activation, fortification, and collection

• reinforcement, activation, and conversion

If no candidate receives an Electoral College majority, the election is decided in the __________.

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Elections and Campaigns Committee

• Supreme Court

Because there is barely any time between the end of one campaign and the beginning of the next, some people have called the American electoral process __________.

• “the endless commercial”

• “the permanent campaign"

• “the road to nowhere”

• “quadruple overtime”

In which of the following countries is voter turnout lowest?

• Australia

• Belgium

• United States

• Denmark

Which group is more likely to vote?

• low income people

• young age group

• ethnic minorities

• a college degree holders

Which of the following is the cost of voting?

• political efficacy

• civic duty

• becoming informed

• paying money to vote