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Government Test 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What Amendment transfers powers from the president to the VP? | 25th Amendment |
| What Amendment gives the president 2 terms or 10 years? | 22nd Amendment |
| What Article is the presidency under? | Article 2, Section 1 |
| What is a member of the Electoral College chosen by methods determined in each state? | elector |
| What is the formal body of presidential advisers who head the 15 executive deparments? | Cabinet |
| What are the powers of the president that can be derived or inferred from specific powers in the Constitution? | Inherent Powers |
| What is a rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law? | Executive Order |
| What is a formal government agreement entered into by the executive branch that does not require the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate? | Executive Agreement |
| What is the formal, constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress? | Veto Power |
| What act was passed that said the president is limited in the development of troops overseas to a 60 day period in peacetime? | War Powers Act |
| What is the office that prepares the president's annual budget proposal, review the budgets and programs of the executive departments, supplies economic forecasts, and conducts detailed analyses of proposed bills and agency rules? | Office of Management and Budget |
| What is a group of office holders, candidates, activists, and voters who identify with a group label and seek to elect to public label and seek to elect to individuals who run under that label? | Political Party |
| What is a political theory of what government should and/or shouldn't do? | political ideology |
| Who is involved in affairs of the minority? | Liberals |
| Who is involved in the idea that government that governs least governs best? | Conservatives |
| What is the psychological attachment to a political party? | party identification |
| What is a shift that occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties? | realigning period |
| What is an election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization around the issues? | critical election |
| What is the election in which voters decide which of the candidates within a party will represent the party in the general election? | primary election |
| What is a primary election in which only a party's registered voters are eligible to vote? | close primary |
| What is a primary election in which party members, independents, and sometimes members of the other party are allowed to vote? | open primary |
| What is the election that takes place in the middle of a presidential term? | midterm election |
| What is the election in which votes decide which candidates will actually fill elective public offices? | general election |
| What is a 2nd primary election between the 2 candidates receiving the greatest number of votes in the first primary? | runoff primary |
| What is non-organized participation in the primary of a party with which the voter is not affiliated? | crossover voting |
| What is an organized attempt by voters of one party to influence to primary results of the other party? | raiding |
| What is the tendency of states to choose an early date on the primary calendar? | front loading |
| What is the tendency of lesser-known or weaker candidates to profit in an election by the prescence on the ticket of a more popular candidate? | coattails |
| What is the selection of party candidates through the ballots of qualified voters rather than at nomination conventions? | direct primary |
| What is it to vote for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election? | ticket split |
| What is the tendency of 3rd parties to arise with some regularity in a nominally two-party system? | third-partyism |
| What are politics that focus in specific issues rather than on the party, candidate, or other loyalties? | issue-oriented politics |
| Who is the individual that travels with the candidate and coordinates the many different aspects of the campaign? | campaign manager |
| Who is the private sector professionals and firms that sell to a candidate technologies, services, and strategies required to get that candidate elected to office? | campaign consultant |
| What is the professional that coordinates the fundraising efforts for the campaign? | finance chair |
| Who develops the overall media strategy for the candidate, carefully blending the free press coverage with the paid TV, radio, and mail media? | communication director |
| Who is the individual in charge with interacting and communicating with journalists on a daily basis? | press secretary |
| Who is the professional that produces political candidate's TV, radio, and print advertisement? | media consultant |
| What is the political advertisement purchased for a candidate's campaign? | paid media |
| What is the coverage of a candidate's campaign by the news media? | free media |
| What is advertising on behalf of a candidate that stresses the candidate's qualifications, family, and issue positions without reference to the opponent? | positive ad |
| What is advertising on behalf of a candidate that attacks the opponents platform or character? | negative ad |
| What is an ad that compares the record and proposals of the candidates, with a bias toward the sponsor? | character ad |
| What is TV advertising on behalf of a candidate that is broadcast in 60-30? | spot ad |
| What is the federally mandated, officially registered fund-raising committee that represents interest groups in the political process? | Political Action Committee |
| What are donations from the general tax revenues to the campaigns of qualifying presidential candidates? | public funds |
| What are donations to presidential campaigns from the federal government that are determined by the amount of private funds a qualifying candidate raises? | matching funds |
| What is legally specified and limited contributions that are clearly regulated by the Federal Election Campaign Act and by the Federal Election Commission? | hard money |
| What is the virtually unregulated money funneled by individuals and political committees through state and local parties? | soft money |
| What is the group that organizes for political fundraising? | 527 Political Committee |
| What is spending by political action committees on political matters that is done directly and not by giving money to a candidate? | independent expenditure |
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