Chapter 10

If you want to run for a seat in the House of Representatives, you will probably need to raise at least

1 million dollars

As shown by the results of the 2016 presidential elections, which age group is the least likely to turn out and vote on Election Day?

18-29 year olds

_________ elections are held to select a party's candidate for the ________ elections

Primary; general

Someone who voted for candidate Trump in 2016 because of anticipation of his future behavior in office voted according to what?

Prospective voting

Which of the following statements about congressional redistricting is accurate?

The federal government has generally supported the creation of majority minority districts.

If you wanted to create an organization that would channel contributions of your membership into specific candidate's political campaigns, you would want to create which of the following?

a PAC

The 2016 presidential election was decided more by _________ than by any other factor

a huge shift of working class voters from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party

Primary elections are held to select which of the following?

a political party's presidential candidate for the general election

You are much more likely to win an election if you are

an incumbent

If you want to run for office against an incumbent by focusing on change and ask voters to make prospective judgements on your performance versus the establishment, you would be running as

an insurgent

If you live in one of these states, you are more likely to get smothered with attention from candidates and media during presidential elections

battleground

Midterm elections are congressional elections that

do not coincide with a presidential election

Hillary Clinton won 3 million more votes nationwide than did candidate Trump, however, Trump became president because he won the majority of

electoral college votes

The federal courts have established ________ as a critical factor in establishing the boundaries of legislative districts

equal populations

In the case of Buckley v Valeo, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that

no limits can be placed on candidates expenditure of their own funds

The number of a states electoral vote is determined by the

number of members it has in both houses of congress

States that allow all registered voters to choose which parties primary they will participate in have which type of primary system?

open

A contested and controversial issue today, as shown by recent court cases, is drawing districts to advocate one party over another, a practice known as

partisan gerrymandering

If a citizen wants to remove a state official from office before the term officially expires, which of the following would be the most appropriate method

recall election

If you voted for an incumbent in Congress and did so specifically because of past performance, you voted according to what?

retrospective

In the American federal system which level of government is largely responsible for managing elections?

state and local governments

Citizens United permitted individuals and organizations to form committees called ________ which can raise unlimited amounts of money to run political advertising

super PACS

In the US, national elections occur on fixed dates, with presidential elections occurring every four years, congressional elections every two years, and both occurring on

the first Tuesday of November

In 2010 the US supreme court ruled in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission that

the government cannot restrict independent expenditures by corporations or unions to support political campaigns

Redistricting

the process of redrawing election districts and redistributing legislative representatives.