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Review Part 12 Nominations, Campaigns, and Elections. 1) Which of the following terms represents the official designation of a person running for office? a. Party nomination b. Voter referendum c. plebiscite d. endorsement e. recall. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Review Part 12
Nominations, Campaigns,Nominations, Campaigns,
and Electionsand Elections
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1) Which of the following terms represents the official designation of a person running for office?
a. Party nomination
b. Voter referendum
c. plebiscite
d. endorsement
e. recall
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1) Which of the following terms represents the official designation of a person running for office?
a. Party nomination
b. Voter referendum
c. plebiscite
d. endorsement
e. recall
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2) The manner in which candidates attempt to effectively use money and media attention in order to achieve the nomination is called campaign
a. gambling
b. Risk taking
c. apathy
d. manipulation
e. Strategy
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2) The manner in which candidates attempt to effectively use money and media attention in order to achieve the nomination is called campaign
a. gambling
b. Risk taking
c. apathy
d. manipulation
e. Strategy
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3) Political “spin” means
a. The attempts of handlers to present a favorable account of events
b. The whirlwind trips that candidates must make during a campaign
c. A candidate’s flip-flopping of his opinion
d. The news media’s coverage of political events
e. Newspapers editorials taking a stand on an issue
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3) Political “spin” means
a. The attempts of handlers to present a favorable account of events
b. The whirlwind trips that candidates must make during a campaign
c. A candidate’s flip-flopping of his opinion
d. The news media’s coverage of political events
e. Newspapers editorials taking a stand on an issue
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4) The goal of the nominating game is to win a majority of delegates’ support at which of the following stages of the campaign?
a. Invisible primary
b. General election
c. Straw ballot convention
d. Post convention
e. National party convention
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4) The goal of the nominating game is to win a majority of delegates’ support at which of the following stages of the campaign?
a. Invisible primary
b. General election
c. Straw ballot convention
d. Post convention
e. National party convention
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5) Before primaries existed, state primaries selected their delegates to the national convention through which of the following processes?
a. caucus
b. referendum
c. Roundtable discussion
d. Blanket primary
e. Open primary
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5) Before primaries existed, state primaries selected their delegates to the national convention through which of the following processes?
a. caucus
b. referendum
c. Roundtable discussion
d. Blanket primary
e. Open primary
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6) With the exception of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, no one has been elected president since 1952 without first having won which presidential primary?
a. Iowa
b. New Hampshire
c. Maine
d. New York
e. California
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6) With the exception of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, no one has been elected president since 1952 without first having won which presidential primary?
a. Iowa
b. New Hampshire
c. Maine
d. New York
e. California
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7) Criticisms of the election process include all the following EXCEPT
a. Disproportionate attention goes to the early primaries
b. Disproportionate attention goes to the early caucuses
c. Money plays too big a role
d. The system allows little room for media involvement
e. Participation in the primaries is low and not representative of the entire electorate
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7) Criticisms of the election process include all the following EXCEPT
a. Disproportionate attention goes to the early primaries
b. Disproportionate attention goes to the early caucuses
c. Money plays too big a role
d. The system allows little room for media involvement
e. Participation in the primaries is low and not representative of the entire electorate
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8) In order to organize their presidential campaigns effectively, a candidate must do all the following EXCEPT
a. Line up a campaign manager who is skilled
b. Get a fundraiser that raises significant money
c. Hire a pollster who knows how to choose focus groups
d. Announce his or her choice for vice president during the primaries
e. Get positive media exposure
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8) In order to organize their presidential campaigns effectively, a candidate must do all the following EXCEPT
a. Line up a campaign manager who is skilled
b. Get a fundraiser that raises significant money
c. Hire a pollster who knows how to choose focus groups
d. Announce his or her choice for vice president during the primaries
e. Get positive media exposure
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9) If presidential candidates accept federal support in the form of matching campaign financing, then they
a. Are no longer required to disclose their contributions
b. Agree to limit their campaign expenditures to an amount prescribed by federal law
c. No longer have any limit to their campaign expenditures
d. Are no longer required to discuss how they spend their money
e. No longer can accept PAC money
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9) If presidential candidates accept federal support in the form of matching campaign financing, then they
a. Are no longer required to disclose their contributions
b. Agree to limit their campaign expenditures to an amount prescribed by federal law
c. No longer have any limit to their campaign expenditures
d. Are no longer required to discuss how they spend their money
e. No longer can accept PAC money
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10) Few developments since the Watergate crisis have generated as much cynicism about government as the
a. Explosive growth of special interest groups and PACs
b. Lack of qualified presidential candidates
c. High turnover rate in the House of Representatives
d. High turnover rate in the Senate
e. Difficulty of getting the Senate to approve Supreme Court justices
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10) Few developments since the Watergate crisis have generated as much cynicism about government as the
a. Explosive growth of special interest groups and PACs
b. Lack of qualified presidential candidates
c. High turnover rate in the House of Representatives
d. High turnover rate in the Senate
e. Difficulty of getting the Senate to approve Supreme Court justices
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11) Which of the following concerns most bothers politicians about the rising costs of campaigns. They
a. Are forced to accept money from PACs that they may not agree with
b. Are involved with fundraising, which takes up much of their time
c. Don’t feel that they are getting their money’s worth from high-priced media consultants
d. Don’t believe that high-tech campaigns achieve results
e. Don’t feel that political advertisements achieve results
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11) Which of the following concerns most bothers politicians about the rising costs of campaigns. They
a. Are forced to accept money from PACs that they may not agree with
b. Are involved with fundraising, which takes up much of their time
c. Don’t feel that they are getting their money’s worth from high-priced media consultants
d. Don’t believe that high-tech campaigns achieve results
e. Don’t feel that political advertisements achieve results
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12) Which of the following campaign financing reforms has been adopted?
a. Increase in the amount of PAC contributions a candidate can accept
b. Abolishing soft money contributions
c. Decreasing government subsidies to congressional campaigns
d. Allowing more lobbyist gifts to candidates
e. Eliminating federal matching funds for presidential campaigns
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12) Which of the following campaign financing reforms has been adopted?
a. Increase in the amount of PAC contributions a candidate can accept
b. Abolishing soft money contributions
c. Decreasing government subsidies to congressional campaigns
d. Allowing more lobbyist gifts to candidates
e. Eliminating federal matching funds for presidential campaigns
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13) Television news coverage of a candidate generally focuses on all the following EXCEPT
a. Where the candidates appeared
b. How big the crowds were
c. A candidate’s explanation of a complex policy statement
d. Sound bits from the candidate’s speech
e. Photo opportunities staged by the candidates
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13) Television news coverage of a candidate generally focuses on all the following EXCEPT
a. Where the candidates appeared
b. How big the crowds were
c. A candidate’s explanation of a complex policy statement
d. Sound bits from the candidate’s speech
e. Photo opportunities staged by the candidates
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14) Four decades of research on political campaigns lead to the following conclusion:
a. Campaigns typically convert voter preferences
b. Campaigns mostly reinforce and activate, only rarely do the convert
c. Campaigns have no effect on voter preference
d. Money has little or no effect on the outcome of an election
e. The media coverage of a candidate has little to do with the outcome of an election
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14) Four decades of research on political campaigns lead to the following conclusion:
a. Campaigns typically convert voter preferences
b. Campaigns mostly reinforce and activate, only rarely do the convert
c. Campaigns have no effect on voter preference
d. Money has little or no effect on the outcome of an election
e. The media coverage of a candidate has little to do with the outcome of an election
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The EndThe End