Chapter 13-14 Test - AP American Gov

Which of the following represents a consequence of candidate-centered electoral campaigns?

A) A decrease in the role of political parties in campaign management.

Which of the following statements about voting behavior in the United States is correct?

A) College graduates are more likely to vote than are those who have at most a high school diploma.

Based on the data in the chart, which of the following best explains a likely impact of third-party votes in the 2016 election?

A) The third-party vote in the three states depicted in the chart helped Donald Trump acquire enough electoral votes to win the election.

Which of the following scenarios explains how demographic factors affect voter participation in elections?

A) Wealthier individuals are more likely to become involved in campaigns because they believe that their actions may influence the candidate.

A citizen who uses the rational choice model of voting behavior selects candidates for office based on...

A) what is thought to be in the citizen's own self-interest.

Typically, presidential candidates implement their campaign strategies by

B) Focusing on larger, competitive states, because they might tip the balance of the electoral college

The most common criterion that people use when voting for a presidential candidate is the candidate's

B) Party Identification

In response to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold Act), the United States Supreme Court, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), ruled that

B) independent campaign expenditures by corporations and unions are protected by the First Amendment

Which of the following scenarios reflects the most direct effect if the practice on the electoral process?

B) political parties will rely increasingly on social media advertising to reach different coalitions of voters.

Which of the following political processes or behaviors is most directly affected by the development described in the passage?

B) voter mobilization

A primary election in which voters are required to identify a party preference before the election and are not allowed to split their ticket is called

C) A closed primary

Which of the following scenarios is most related to the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?

C) An eighteen-year old votes in a presidential election.

If the state is similar to most other states, how will the electoral votes most likely be allocated?

C) The Democratic candidate will receive all 11 electoral votes.

Which of the following is a correct statement about political action committees (PAC's)?

C) The amount of money that PAC's can contribute directly to an individual candidate.

If voters are acting according to the retrospective model of voting, which of the following will be the most important consideration in their decision?

C) The effect of recent economic conditions on the voters.

Based on the data in the chart and your knowledge of presidential elections, which of the following is the best strategy that Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump could have used to pull votes away from the third party candidates, Jill Stein and Gary Johnson?

C) Trump of Clinton could have adopted issues that were popular with Stein's and Johnson's voters in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin as part of their campaigns.

Explanations for low voter turnout include all of the following EXCEPT?

C) laws protecting voting rights for minorities.

The practice of "microtargeting" described in the passage is an even more powerful campaign tool for parties if they are able to

D) Collect and manage large databases of information on specific groups of voters.

Political parties serve which of the following functions in the United States?

D) I, and III only

Based on the data in the chart, which of the following strategies would best help third-party candidates like Jill Stein and Gary Johnson increase their chances of winning elected office?

D) Lobbying state legislature to shift from a winner-take-all system to a proportional voting system.

Which of the following amendments to the United States Constitution addresses the grievance that a woman is not permitted "to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise"?

D) Nineteenth Amendment.

In which of the following ways do political parties primarily rely on to finance their election activities?

D) Parties solicit funds from private donors who oftentimes contribute large sums of money.

The development and persistence of the two-party system in the United States is best accounted for by

D) Single-member legislative districts

When people vote for some candidates from one party and other candidates from another party, it is called

D) ticket splitting

Which of the following is NOT a way in which the federal government regulates campaigns?

E) By prohibitions on negative advertising

Which of the following is LEAST characteristic of the history of political parties in the United States during the twentieth century?

E) The splitting of the two major parties into a multiparty system

Critical elections in the United States typically have occurred

E) When groups of voters have changed their traditional patterns of party loyalties.

The primary function of political action committees (PAC's) is to

E) raise campaign funds to support favored candidates.

The most common form of political activity undertaken by United States citizens is...

E) voting in political elections