Ch 8 Campaigns, Elections, and Voting behavior – Flashcards
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Naturalized citizens are constitutionally barred from running for the office of
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President of the United States.
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A candidate for the U.S. Senate
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must be a resident of the state from which elected.
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In the last twenty years the number of women running for office at the federal and state level has
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increased significantly
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Candidates for public office are likely to be
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lawyers.
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Most political consultants
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will work only for candidates of one political party.
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If a candidate is a highly visible incumbent seeking reelection,
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there may be little need for campaigning except to remind the voters of the officeholder's good deeds.
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Tracking polls are used
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on a daily basis to determine last-minute changes in the mood of the electorate.
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A small group of individuals which is gathered to identify in-depth feelings about candidates and issues is called
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a focus group.
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The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 did not
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provide public funding for Congressional elections.
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The Supreme Court ruled in Buckley v. Valeo that ___________ cannot be banned under the Constitution.
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the amount a candidate spends on a campaign
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For a federal political action committee (PAC) to be legitimate, it must
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raise money from at least fifty volunteer donors.
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Most PAC contributions go to
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incumbents.
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Soft money
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was no longer available to the national political parties after 2002.
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Advertising paid for by interest groups that support or oppose a candidate or a candidate's position on an issue without mentioning voting or elections is called
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issue advocacy advertising.
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The organizations that came to be known as "527s"
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offered an alternative for interest groups to use money to influence the course of elections
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The purpose of introducing the primary as a means of nominating candidates for office was to
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open the nomination process to ordinary party members and to weaken the influence of party bosses.
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A party leader or elected official who is given the right to vote at the national convention is called
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a superdelegate
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When only declared party members can vote in a primary election, it is called
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a closed primary.
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When voters can vote in either party primary without disclosing their party affiliation, it is called
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an open primary.
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When the top two candidates in a primary compete in a second primary for the majority of votes, it is called
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a run-off primary.
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The practice of moving presidential primary elections to the early part of the campaign season is called
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primary slide.
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The number of members each state will have in the Electoral College
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is determined by adding the number of representatives and senators a state has in Congress.
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Voter turnout for local elections is
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much less than for presidential elections.
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In cases where no presidential candidate receives a majority of the electoral college vote,
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the election is decided in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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The Australian ballot
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is secret and is prepared, distributed and tabulated by government officials.
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The manner in which members of the electoral college are selected within each state is currently governed by
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state laws.
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In order to win in American politics today, candidates seek to capture
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all of the votes of their party's supporters, a majority of the independent voters and a few votes from supporters of the other party.
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The practice of moving presidential primary elections to the early part of the campaign season is called
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front-loading
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In 2007, the most important domestic issues in the minds of the voters were
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healthcare and immigration reform
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The process of nominating presidential candidates is now controlled by
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the public rather than party elites.
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The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
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bans soft money contributions to national parties
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A party-column ballot is a form of general election ballot
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in which the candidates are arranged in one column under their respective party.
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A statewide election of delegates to a political party's national convention to help a party determine its presidential nominee is called
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a presidential primary.
