POL CHAP 7b after first half

A citizen can currently give no more than ________ per candidate for federal office per election in a given two-year election cycle.

$2,700

Who wants to make it more difficult for working class and poor people to vote?

Republicans?

Which of the following statements about age and political participation is true?

Young people are far less likely to participate in politics than older people.

Who typically sponsor initiatives, or initiative petitions?

interest groups

The right of candidates to spend their own money on running for office

is protected absolutely by the Constitution according to the Supreme Court.

Which of the following is the best example of direct democracy in practice in the United States?

referendum

A state's electoral votes can be calculated by:

Adding together the number of representatives and senators that it has

Which of the following has an impact on the outcome of elections?

All?

________ is the practice of tailoring campaign messages to individuals in small, homogenous groups.

Micro-targeting

Which of the following would be an example of a referendum?

NOT A vote on whether recreational marijuana usage should be legalized in the state of California.

In 1971, Congress passed the ____, which created a federal bureaucratic structure to monitor and set limits on campaign contributions by individuals as well as provide public financing for presidential campaigns.

NOT McCain-Feingold Act

"Dark money" comes from

NOT Super PACs.

A 501(c)(4)

NOT is required to disclose where it gets its funds.

Private groups that raise and distribute funds for election campaigns are called

political action committees.

All of the following are factors cited by some scholars as disadvantages of voting by mail EXCEPT

that it decreases voter participation.

Which of the following would be an example of a ballot initiative?

A vote on whether recreational marijuana usage should be legalized in Missouri.

The McCain-Feingold Act

Banned soft money??

Bernie Sanders ran as a Democrat in 2016 even though he was a registered independent. He had a LOT of enthusiastic supporters who were "Independents." Which kind of election was LEAST favorable to Sanders?

Closed Primary states

Roesler (and others) support purely electronic voting since it is more secure and transparent.

False

Trump's financial advantage was key to his 2016 election win.

False

The winner of the electoral college vote has NOT won the popular vote ________ time(s) in American history.

Four

What is the major significance of the Supreme Court's ruling in Buckley v. Valeo?

Independent expenditures are consided protected speech.

In the 2010 Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Court:

Struck down a part of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Act, thus allowing corporations and unions to spend money in support of candidates

Who selects the president if no candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote?

The House of Representatives

In general elections for Congress, how many votes must a candidate receive in order to win?

The most votes

In order to win the presidency, a candidate must win

at least 270 electoral votes.

The campaign funds raised and spent by 501(c)(4) organizations are called "dark money" because

donors and amounts contributed do not have to be made public.

What is the MOST important factor in predicting whether an individual votes?

education level

Public funding for presidential primary campaigns

matches, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, all contributions of $250 or less, up to a total of $48.7 million in 2016.??

In modern political campaigns, ____ has/have recently emerged as a valuable tool in reaching the public.

social media

In Buckley v. Valeo (1976), the Supreme Court:

struck down the part of the Federal Election Campaign Act that restricted the amount individuals could contribute to their own campaign.??