U3 Test Review

Which element of America's two-party system best explains why Ross Perot failed to receive any electoral votes, despite the popular votes he earned?

• Single-member districts

• The winner-take-all system

• Exclusion from the presidential debates

• Electoral College bias

Why might major parties criticize the role of minor parties in general elections?

• Minor party candidates and platforms simply confuse voters.

• While minor parties never win, they can impact the outcome of general elections by drawing votes away from major parties.

• Minor parties occupy too much media attention, thus impacting the campaigns of major parties.

• Minor parties slow down the final election count in the general election.

Which of the following statements is accurately reflected in the graph?

• Men voted for Trump in higher numbers than women.

• H. Clinton was more popular with older voters than younger voters.

• Trump won the election by a landslide.

• Independent voters largely favored H. Clinton.

According to the data in the graph - and your knowledge of U.S. politics - the strongest predictor of how a person will vote is their . . .

• age

• party affiliation

• sex

• education level

Which of the following statements is accurately reflected in the graph?

• The majority of the country approved of President Obama's job performance after his first term.

• The majority of the country disapproved of President Obama's job performance after his first term.

• Those who disapproved of President Obama's job performance overwhelmingly voted for Romney.

• President Obama was more popular than Romney.

The graph best displays the concept of

• retrospective voting

• prospective voting

• rational-choice voting

• party-line voting

What is the ultimate purpose of caucuses and primaries?

• To vote for individual state propositions.

• To elect a state governor every four years.

• To vote for members of Congress during non-presidential election years.

• To vote for the delegates that will nominate the two major party candidates for the general election.

Which of the following is an accurate trend displayed in the graph?
"The total cost . . . "

• . . . of congressional elections has increased, while the total cost of presidential elections has decreased.

• . . . . of presidential elections has increased, while the cost of presidential elections has decreased.

• . . . of both presidential and congressional elections has increased.

• . . . . of both presidential and congressional elections has decreased.

How has the Supreme Court case, Citizens United v. FEC contributed to the data in the graph?

• It increased the total amount of hard money individuals could give to candidates.

• It gave rise to Super PACs, which can spend unlimited amounts of money on independent expenditures.

• It ruled that there was no limit on how much a candidate could spend of his/her own money.

• It ruled that the federal government would match all funds raised by a candidate during the primaries.

Which of the following is a common argument regarding the amount of money in U.S. elections?

• Special interest groups have far too much influence due to the amount of money they spend supporting candidates during elections.

• Individuals are allowed to contribute far too much money to individual candidates.

• The country should be using election money to pay off the national debt.

• Elections would be far less expensive if every state used computerized voting.