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Mack Gov Ch 17 Rvw
Elections and Campaigns
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When are Federal Elections held? | First Tuesday after the First Monday in November of every Even-Numbered Year |
| How is the number of total electoral votes for the nation determined? | It is equal to the total number of representatives and senators in each state plus 3 for Washington D.C. |
| What is the most important tool for communication used by candidates today? | television |
| Who is responsible for the overall strategy and planning of a national campaign? | campaign manager |
| What agency keeps records of political contributions? | Federal Elections Commission (FEC) |
| Do candidates have to keep report all political contributions? | yes |
| What groups are designed to support political candidates with campaign contributions? | Political Action Commitees (PACs) |
| What kinds of contributions raise questions that have led to controversy because of how the money is raised and spent? | soft money |
| What act was designed to eliminate soft money from federal campaigns and restrict issue-advocacy advertisements? | Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act |
| Who did the Founders intend to be voters in the United States? | white, male property owners |
| What is absolutely vital to have a successful democracy? | voting |
| What amendment gave women the right to vote? | 19th Amendment |
| What are the words that mean the right to vote that start with "f" or "s" | franchise, suffrage |
| What amendment gave African Americans the right to vote? | 15th Amendment |
| What amendment gave adults ages 18 and up the right to vote? In other words, it lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in many places. | 26th Amendment |
| What outlawed literacy tests? | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
| What outlawed poll taxes in national elections? | 24th Amendment |
| What was one of the most effective suffrage laws passed in the U.S.A.? | Voting Rights Act |
| What kind of voter is considered a weak party voter? | independents |
| What kind of voter is caught between issues? | cross-pressured voter |
| What greatly influences some voters? | party loyalty |
| How do people who are strongly loyal to a party vote? | straight-ticket or straight-party voting |
| What has helped many modern voters to be more informed about political issues? | television |
| What ultimately was the issue Reagan used to defeat Carter? | economic issues |
| What is the word for ideas, information, or rumors that are used to influence opinion? | propaganda |
| How does propaganda use information? | In a way that supports a predetermined objective |
| When candidates quote only statistics that support their position, this propaganda technique is called | card stacking |
| When candidates point out that one reason to support them is they already have the support of the majority, they are using this propaganda technique. | bandwagon |
| When candidates start wearing jeans and plaid shirts to show they identify with the lower class and middle class they are using this propaganda technique. | "plain folks" |
| What court case argued that an individual had the right to spend as much money on their own campaign as they wished, equating campaign spending with free speech? | Buckley v Valeo |
| What court case argued that groups could anonymously spend as much as they wanted on issue ads (avoiding "magic" words) as part of their free speech? | Citizens United |
| In what kind of election do members of a party, and only members of the party, choose its candidate? | closed primary |
| In what kind of election do voters get to choose the candidate of any one party, regardless of whether they are a party member? | open primary |
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