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A ________________ is a statewide election of delegates to a party's national convention, where the delegates will choose the party's presidential nominee.

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Presidential primary

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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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Candidates for president face obstacles to winning for all of the following reasons except that they must

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they must have great personal wealth in order to win.

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Holders of political office in the United States today are usually

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white & male

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The qualifications required to be a state governor are

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US Citizenship, registered voter of the state for about 5-6 yrs, be at least 30 yr old..BUT varies on the state

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A striking feature of today's political campaigns is the

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importance of paid professionals rather than volunteers.

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Campaigns for high offices today tend to

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be candidate-centered

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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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Which campaign financing reform was best known for restricting the political activities of civil servants?

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hatch act

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Political Action Committees

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are committees created under federal or state law for the purpose of collecting political donations

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The 1974 Federal Election Campaign Act

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(both a and b) a. created the federal election commission b. place limits on the money that individuals and PACs can contribute to candidates

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Independent expenditures are

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are unregulated funds spent by interest groups on advertising or other campaign activities.

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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 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002

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bans soft money contributions to national parties.

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The 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC allows

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corporations, unions, and individuals to donate unlimited funds to political parties

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Super PACs

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allow America's millionaires and billionaires to donate unlimited funds to influence elections

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The organizations that came to be known as "527s"

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were set up by interest groups when soft money was outlawed & run issue ads to energize voters.

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Which statement about primaries is true?

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a. Candidates for the presidency go through two elections—the primaries and the general election. b. Most delegates to the national party conventions are chosen in primary elections. c. Most primaries are winner-take-all. d. In 2008, the Democrats used a proportional system in the presidential primaries resulting in a close contest between Obama and Clinton. e. All of the above are true.

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Which of the following are true of superdelegates?

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a superdelegate is a party leader or elected official who is given the right to vote at the national convention

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The pre-primary election effort to win support from elected officials, fund raisers, interest groups, and opinion leaders is called the

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invisible primary

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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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With regard to presidential candidates

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a. Iowa and New Hampshire have the first caucus and primary, respectively, in voting for presidential candidates. b. many states are moving their primaries to earlier dates in order to have more input into the selection of presidential candidates. c. moving state primaries into the first months of the year is known as front-loading. d. in 2008, twenty-four states had primaries on the same day. e. all of the above.

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At the national convention

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the presidential candidate is chosen by the party delegates.

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In presidential elections

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a. voters elect the president directly. b. the number of electors is equal to the number of senators and representatives in the national government. c. electors have always voted for the candidate who won their state's vote. e. none of the above.

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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 the number of senators a state has in Congress.

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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 and party rules.

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In the presidential elections

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a. electors meet in the state's capital in December to cast their votes for the president. b. a joint session of Congress meets in early January (after the presidential election) and the electoral votes are counted. c. one can win the majority of the popular vote and not become president. d. one can win the Electoral College vote without winning the majority of the popular vote. e. all of the above.

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Which of the following statements about the electoral college is not true?

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a presidential candidate must win at least 300 electoral votes in order to become president

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A ballot in which all candidates for a particular elected post are grouped together is

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office block ballot ooorr known as a Massachusetts ballot

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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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The use of the party-column ballot has been shown to _______________________.

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increase the coat-tail effect :) pg. 336

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Voter fraud

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often suspected but seldom proved potential for voter fraud is high in many states particularly through the use of phony voter registrations and absentee ballots Bottom of pg 336

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Voter ID laws are often enacted with the stated goal of _______________, but actually have the effect of _______________.

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No idea where voter ID laws are in the book

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Almost all of the support for creating voter ID laws has come from

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No idea where voter ID laws are in the book

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The real world effect of voter ID laws in the 2012 election was that

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No idea where voter ID laws are in the book

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In midterm elections

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president 's party typically loses seats

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Some observers believe the following about low voter turnout:

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age, education, income level, minority status, and ideology influences these turnouts which is viewable on pg 281

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Which of the following groups tends to be overrepresented in the electorate?

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rich people

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Reported voter turnout _________ as education __________.

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decreases, decreases

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Reported voter turnout _________ as age __________.

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increases, increases

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That women could vote in Wyoming in 1870, but not nationwide until 1920, is reflective of

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State power?

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Today, most Americans obtain their national and international news from

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television news

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The mass media perform all of the following functions except

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funding media watchdog groups.

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The role of the media in determining what government ought to do is known as

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public agenda

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Priming can be defined as a way in which the media

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stimulates related thoughts in the minds of audience members

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Advertisers are important in media because

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they obtain revenues to make profits

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A brief, memorable comment that can easily fit into news broadcasts is known as

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sound bite

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Since the "daisy girl" political advertisement in 1964, we have seen _________________ because _________________.

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360

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Negative advertising can backfire because

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if one candidate attacks another, the attacker as well as the candidate who is attacked may come to be viewed negatively by the public

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A campaign advisor who tries to convince journalists of the truth of a particular interpretation of events is called a

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spin doctor

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The first televised presidential debate was between

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Nixon ; Kennedy

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Campaign blogs and podcasts

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Educate yourself with 354 since open ended

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Radio, television, wire, and cable are regulated by

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FCC

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Government control of media content

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Basically everything is covered by the first amendment

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Talk radio is almost completely dominated by

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not radical liberals

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Studies of bias in the media have reached

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different conclusions: Some found a liberal bias whereas others found a conservative bias.

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Journalists are more likely to identify as

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not republicans

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To become a critical news viewer, you must

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compare and contrast news from many different sources

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