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Express support for or against a specific candidate

527 committees can raise unlimited soft money to mobilize targeted voters so long as they do not:

Organization established by interest groups, unaffiliated groups, or individuals to make contributions to political candidates

A PAC is a(n):

The rise of political action committees (PACs)

A major consequence of the Federal Election Campaign Act was:

A statement of party policy goals

A political party platform is a:

Front-loading

A presidential campaign season marked by the scheduling of most primaries early in the campaign year is called:

Closed primary

A primary in which only registered members of a party can vote is called a

Adding together the number of representatives and senators it has

A state's electoral votes can be calculated by:

Party labels provide informational shortcuts

According to the text, why are people who identify with parties more likely to vote compared to independent voters:

Their constituents

Although lobbyists play an important role in the political system, most members of Congress are more influenced by:

Primary

An election which voters can determine their party's candidate for office is called:

Organized group of people with common goals seeking to influence the government

An interest group is a(n):

Legislative assistance

Candidates running for office at the state level may receive all of the following types of support from their party EXCEPT:

Democratic candidates

Corporate-sponsored PACs tend to direct much of their campaign support to:

The ability to obtain information, evaluate it, and pass it on to influential people

Critical to a lobbyist's success is:

Television has devoted an increasing amount of time to allowing candidates to speak to the public directly.

During recent presidential campaigns:

Lower than in most other democracies

Generally speaking, turnout in the United States is:

Parties have become much less important

In a candidate-centered campaign:

Legislative seats are given in proportion to the percentage of votes received by each party

In a proportional representation system,

All of the above volunteers, scorecards of key votes, and delegates

In addition to campaign donations, interest groups can get involved in elections by:

Are likely to seek out news sources that express values they already hold

In general, viewers of partisan news:

Social networking

In modern political campaigns,_____has/have recently emerged as a valuable tool in delivering information to the public.

Party affirmative action committes

In order to circumvent federal laws prohibiting various interest groups from donating money to political campaigns, groups have organized affiliated:

Struck down a part of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Act by stating that corporations and unions may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president or Congress

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

All of the above

In the United States, political parties are instrumental in:

Primaries

Initial elections held to select candidates from one party to represent members in an election are called:

Trying to influence government decision makers

Lobbying means:

To be credible and never lie

Lobbyists are governed by one major rule. That rule is:

Negative, Positive

Media coverage of Congress is generally___for Congress as a whole and____for individual members of Congress.

Partisan conflict and scandal

Media coverage of Congress tend to emphasize:

Selectively likely

Most social science research shows that the people are____to change their established beliefs based on what they see on the news:

oil

Nigeria

Providing links between members and politicians

Objectives of interest groups include:

Doesn't run candidates for office

One difference between an interest group and a political party is that an interest group:

The winner-take-all electoral system

One of the primary reasons minor parties struggle to win elections is:

Divisions of interest among the people

Political scientists explain the two-party system in our government as the result of:

Informing them of newsworthy events

Politicians are aware of the impact media has and now work closely with the media by:

Politicians stage to get the media's attention

Pseudo-events are events that:

A candidate's past record in office.

Retrospective voting refers to the way people vote on the basis of

Failed state

Somalia

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South Africa

Can raise unlimited money from corportations

Super PACs:

Contributions from all who benefit from the group's work

The free-rider problem refers to the difficulty an interest group has in getting:

The role of government

The issue that most sharply divides Democrats and Republicans concerns

Keep an audience interested.

The main criterion used to select news stories is guided primarily by a desire to:

Collect campaign contributions from supporters and pass these onto candidates for office

The main objectives of a PAC is to:

Freer of regulation than media in any other nation

The mass media in the United States are:

Has no single leader on which the media can focus

The media do not seem to cover Congress as closely as they do the White House because Congress:

With which the public has little experience

The media have their greatest effect on political opinion on subjects:

The upper half of the socioeconomic ladder

The membership of interest groups is said to be biased towards:

The public's opinions are controlled by the press, radio, and television.

The myth of media manipulation says that:

Young

The number of independents increased particularly among______voters in the 1960s and 1970s.

Anyone of voting age who identifies with a particular party

The party-in-electorate refers to:

Elected and appointed government officials

The party-in-government includes:

Elected officials who have won running under a party label

The party-in-government refers to:

The winner in the Electoral College was not the winner of the popular vote of the general election.

The presidential election of 2000 revealed a problem with the Electoral College system. That problem, which could arise again, was that:

Can't fulfill their promises even if they try.

The reality behind the myth that candidates break their campaign promises is that politicians:

Dependence

The relationship between the media and government is one that balances conflict and:

Of the potential to raise money and mobilize voters

The size of an interest group matters because:

A corrupting influence in politics

The text implies that a majority of Americans believe in the myth that most interest groups are:

Candidate-centered campaigns

The trend in control of American national campaigns and elections has been toward:

Who is ahead in a political race is more important news than the issues being discussed.

To say that the media's influence has increased the horse-race nature of political campaigns means that:

Party identification voting

Voters who base their choice for candidate on the past performance of either the candidate or the party to which he or she belongs are said to be

Groups are a part of the inevitable checks and balances of a democracy and so are no cause for fear???

What did James Madison have to say about interest groups in Federalist No. 10

The inability to form a stable coalition

What is one disadvantage associated with a multiparty parliamentary system?

Referendum

When a governmental body puts questions of public policy on a ballot for voters to decide, this is called a(n):

Initiative

When citizens are allowed to put questions of public policy on a ballot for voters to decide, this is called a(n):

Selective perception

When existing beliefs influence the way people interpret what they see, that process is known as:

Grassroots-level

When public interest groups lobby via a letter-writing campaign, this considered____lobbying.

Countervailing forces

When two or more interest groups challenge each other on the same policy, this is an example of:

Radical groups find it easier to get representation.

Which of the following is a problem with proportional representation systems compared to two-party systems?

Better -educated people are more likely to vote than poorly educated people

Which of the following is true of group voting patters in American elections

Women vote at a slightly higher rate than men.

Which of the following statements is correct?

The House of Representatives

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

Super PACs

_____may raise unlimited contributions from corporations, unions, professional and business associations, and individuals for the purpose of making unlimited expenditures in factor of or against a candidate running for the presidency or for Congress.