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ch 8 test
Chapter 8 & The War Room
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| _________________________ elections produce the largest voter turnout. | Presidential |
| __________________________ issues have increased in importance in campaigns in recent years. | Valence |
| A __________________________ issue is one in which the rival candidates have opposing views on a question that also divides the voters. | position |
| A _____________________________ issue is one in which a candidate fully supports the public’s view on a matter about which nearly everybody is in agreement. | valence |
| A major difference between presidential campaigns and congressional campaigns is that congressional incumbents can do what? | take credit for grants/earmarks, frank |
| A major difference between presidential campaigns and congressional campaigns is that ____________________________ campaigns are generally more competitive. | presidential |
| About ________ percent of promises made in political parties’ platforms between 1944 and 1964 were kept. | 74 |
| An election that brought about a significant reduction in taxes, spending, and regulatory practices was that in __________. | 1980 |
| An example of a _________________________ issue was when Jimmy Carter seemed more likely to favor honesty in government than did his opponent in 1976. | valence |
| Assume you are running for office on the Greenbelt ticket and need to reach all of the environmentalists in your area. Your best bet is to rely on what? | direct mail |
| Candidates are most at risk of verbal slips when? | debating |
| Compared with paid television advertising, television visuals such as an appearance by a candidate on the nightly news are probably less _________________________ but more ____________________ with voters. | informative; credible |
| Current finance rules for campaigns give a major financial advantage to whom? | incumbents |
| David Broder suggested that the first task facing anyone who wishes to become president is what? | getting mentioned |
| For a presidential primary candidate to be eligible for federal matching funds, he or she must first do what? | raise $20,000 in each of 5 states in contributions of $250 or less |
| Fundamental realignments of the major parties seem to have occurred in which elections? | 1860, 1896, and 1932 |
| Funding of congressional elections comes from what sources? | individuals, PACs, & parties |
| How effective are television spot ads? | zero |
| In numbers rather than percentages, the smallest contribution to Democratic vote totals is made by what group? | Jews |
| In the 1980 presidential election, many voters voted for Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter as a vote against Carter, not out of loyalty to Reagan. Such a vote is referred to as what? | clothespin |
| In the 2000 election George W. Bush wanted to let people put some of their Social Security money into private savings accounts; Al Gore opposed this. This is an example of a _________________________ issue. | position |
| Many scholars argue that the foremost factor in determining how people vote is what? | party identification |
| One advantage that Congressional incumbents always have over challengers is what? | franking privilege |
| One effect of the way that federal matching funds are made available to candidates for presidential campaigns is to give candidates an incentive to do what? | raise money from small contributions |
| One reason why the approach used by a candidate in a general election may not work in a primary is that a primary candidate must do what? | appeals to the more ideologically strident activists |
| One way for a candidate to avoid embarrassing slips of the tongue during campaigning is to do what? | rely on stock speeches |
| Party realignment seems to have been most closely related to what? | new and important issues |
| Party realignments most often occur as a result of strong disagreements over real issues. An example of an issue that caused a realignment is ___________________ in 1860, which split the _____________________________ party in half. | slavery; Democratic |
| Prospective voting involves voting according to what? | future expectations |
| Retrospective voting generally helps an incumbent except when what has happened? | the economy has worsened |
| Retrospective voting involves basing your vote on what? | past performance |
| Ronald Reagan made a dozen speeches a day to audiences all over the country while he was doing what? | spokesman for General Electric |
| Ronald Reagan won in 1984 primarily because of what? | voters were pleased with the economic climate |
| Split-ticket voting was not possible in the United States until what was adopted? | Australian ballet |
| The term sleeping giant can best be applied to the vote of which group? | Latinos |
| The costs of a general election for each major party are covered by whom? | taxpayers (except for Obama) |
| The Democrats have lost their once-strong hold on what three groups? | Catholics, southerners, union members |
| The government contributes matching funds to presidential candidates. These funds match which contributions? | up to $250 |
| The Hoboken Democratic party raises thousands of dollars from local corporations, without regard to FEC limits, for a campaign to register voters. Has the party broken the law? | no – soft money |
| The kind of campaign activity most notably on the increase in recent elections is what? | broadcasting |
| The legal limit on what a congressional candidate may spend is what? | valence |
| The limit set on the amount any person can contribute to a single candidate (in a single election) by the 1974 campaign-finance reform law was $_______________________. | $1,000 (now changed to $2,300) |
| The positive effect of television is best illustrated by the 1992 campaign of which presidential candidate? | Perot |
| The text argues that the U.S. constitutional system was designed to make the adoption of radical departures in policy what? | difficult |
| To win the presidential nomination, as opposed to the general election, candidates generally present themselves as more ____________________________ if a Democrat or more ____________________________ if a Republican. | liberal; conservative |
| Until the early nineteenth century, parties chose their presidential nominees by __________________________________ _________________________________. | party caucuses |
| Usually the first crucial test of strength in a presidential campaign comes in what state? | Iowa |
| What are the two crucial phases in winning an election? | getting nominated and getting elected |
| What groups are truly essential to a presidential campaign organization? | paid staff, volunteers, advisors |
| What is the value of presidential coattails to congressional candidates of the same party? | it is becoming less significant |
| What was the 1992 Clinton campaign’s internal slogan? | speed kills |
| What was the name of the command center of the 1992 Clinton campaign? | the war room |
| When a voter votes for the candidate whom he or she considers more likely to do a better job in office, the voting is referred to as what? | prospective |
| Which 1992 presidential candidate first dropped out of the race and later re-entered? | Perot |
| Which party tends to be more loyal to its candidate in presidential elections? | Republicans |
| Which party tends to do better in competing for the vote of self-described independents? | Republicans |
| Who served as campaign manager for President Clinton in the 1992 campaign? | James Carville |
| Who won the New Hampshire Democratic Primary in 1992? __________________________________ Who finished second? ___________________________________________ | Paul Tsongas; Bill Clinton |
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