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How Elections Work

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which banned soft money contributions to national political parties from corporations and unions ?

a)

Wesberry v. Sanders

b)

Buckley v. Valeo

c)

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

d)

Federal Election Campaign Act

2.

A committee set up by corporation or interest group that raises money from donations is called ?

a)

Interest group

b)

Political Action Committee

c)

Ways and Means Committee

d)

Rules Committee

3.

Political contributions that are limited in amounts and are fully disclosed are called ?

a)

Hard Money

b)

Soft Money

c)

Gerrymandering

d)

PAC

4.

Type of primary election in which only allows people registered in that party holding to vote ?

a)

Direct

b)

Open

c)

Blanket

d)

Closed

5.

How are electoral votes determined for each state ?

a)

# of House Reps. for the state + # of Senators for the state

b)

# of Senators for the state

c)

# of federal courts in the state

d)

# of House Reps. for the state

6.

Who chooses the President if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes ?

a)

Supreme Court

b)

House of Representatives

c)

Senate

d)

Run off election

7.

How many electoral votes are needed to become President ?

a)

360

b)

545

c)

270

d)

260

8.

The images below are examples of ? (Hint: They are hold after the Primary elections )

a)

National Party Conventions (RNC/DNC)

b)

Grassroots

c)

Presidential debates

d)

Presidential Inaugurations

9.

These types of campaign advertisements are called ?

a)

Testimonial

b)

Transfer

c)

Mudslinging

d)

Plain Folks