POL101_03_MT2CH5_10b

Which president first provided space in the White House for reporters? a. Theodore Roosevelt b. Abraham Lincoln c. John F. Kennedy d. Ronald Reagan e. John Quincy Adams

a. Theodore Roosevelt

In the 2004 presidential election, one of Minnesota's ten electors voted for vice presidential candidate John Edwards for president instead of presidential candidate John Kerry. This is known as a(n) a. faithless elector. b. state's rights elector. c. secret elector. d. popular elector. e. illegal elector.

a. faithless elector.

Congressional campaign finance laws regulating elections were significantly strengthened after a. financial misdeeds during Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign. b. the resignation of John F. Kennedy's vice president for accepting bribes. c. scandals involving labor union contributions in 1952. d. Ronald Reagan heavily outspent Carter in the 1980 election. e. Jimmy Carter's Secretary of State was convicted for bribery.

a. financial misdeeds during Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign.

When all media outlets are covering the same story and virtually every other issue gets ignored, the media is said to be operating in _____ mode. a. gate b. fire c. horserace d. ​alarm e. patrol

a. gate = wrong

Communication in a democracy must move from government to citizens and from citizens to a. government. b. citizens. c. media. d. country. e. business.

a. government.

The central dynamic of pluralist democracy consists of the interaction of a. interest groups and government. b. political practices and political traditions. c. practitioners and policymakers. d. interest groups and the people. e. pluralism and majoritarianism.

a. interest groups and government.

Newspapers did not move toward independent ownership and large circulation until the 1830s when publishers realized they could a. raise revenue through advertising. b. showcase news and sports. c. increase the length of the paper. d. begin a subscription base. e. ask political parties for money.

a. raise revenue through advertising.

Since they were not happy with voting for candidates selected by party leaders, ____________ championed the direct primary. a. ​Progressives b. ​southern voters c. ​democrats d. ​women e. ​African Americans

a. ​Progressives

The__________ required any broadcast station that gave or sold time to a candidate for a public office to make an equal amount of time available under the same conditions to all other candidates for that office. a. equal coverage rule b. equal opportunities rule c. free exercise rule d. fairness doctrine e. reasonable access rule

b. equal opportunities rule

It is the job of __________ to make sure that people in government know what their members want and that their organizations know what the government is doing. a. federal agency administrators b. lobbyists c. governors d. political parties e. cabinet officials

b. lobbyists

Compared with citizens in other democracies, Americans are a. less trusting of the government. b. not noticeably apathetic. c. more willing to boycott products. d. unwilling to join demonstrations. e. more interested in politics.

b. not noticeably apathetic.

The territory of Wyoming granted women the right to vote in 1869 and ______ followed as the first state to enfranchise women. ​ a. ​Nevada b. ​Colorado c. ​Texas d. ​New York e. ​California

b. ​Colorado

One result of ​____________ was the direct primary, in which candidates must campaign not only for election, but also for the nomination of their party. a. ​adoption of the Constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation b. ​the Progressive movement in the 1920s c. ​the Civil War d. ​the post World War II desire for greater personal power e. ​Andrew Jackson's popularization of political activity

b. ​the Progressive movement in the 1920s

Which statement about American political parties is false? a. The number of Democrats in the electorate consistently exceeded the number of Republicans until the mid-1990s. b. A person's party identification, once developed, tends to endure. c. Independents outnumber Democratic Party and Republican Party identifiers, combined, in the U.S. electorate. d. Fifty percent of children adopt the same party affiliation as their parents. e. The proportion of Democrats in the electorate has shrunk over time, to the benefit of both Republicans and Independents.

c. Independents outnumber Democratic Party and Republican Party identifiers, combined, in the U.S. electorate.

__________primaries weaken parties more because it allows voters to float between parties rather than require the voters to participate in the party in which they are registered. a. Closed b. Caucus c. Open d. Congressional e. Presidential

c. Open

In general, the public tends to dislike interest groups because they a. are made up of one of the two major political parties. b. ​take funding away from social services. c. do not offer equal representation to all. d. ​only represent big business. e. have a basis in socialism.

c. do not offer equal representation to all.

Congress and the states moved quickly to pass the Twenty-sixth Amendment, which lowered the voting age to eighteen, because they a. realized the unfairness of the discrepancy between the military draft age and the voting age. b. recognized the justice of the student antiwar and civil rights movements. c. hoped to channel student energy away from demonstrations and toward more conventional forms of participation. d. expected the new voters to change the political balance of power drastically. e. knew that student voter turnout would be low.

c. hoped to channel student energy away from demonstrations and toward more conventional forms of participation.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, some candidates sent messages to the smart phones of selected voters. This is an example of a. gunnysacking. b. gerrymandering. c. microtargeting. d. linguistics. e. heuristics.

c. microtargeting.

One notable feature of first-past-the-post elections is that a. candidates usually cannot win them unless they capture more than a majority of the popular vote. b. they require at least three candidates running for the same office. c. they produce sizable discrepancies between votes won and seats won. d. they originated as a voting system in ancient Greece. e. they tend to favor candidates with lower name recognition.

c. they produce sizable discrepancies between votes won and seats won.

By national law, _________ of the seats in the House of Representatives and ____ of the seats in the Senate are filled in a general election held every even-numbered year. a. one-third; one-third b. one-third; all c. all; all d. all; one-third e. one-half; two-thirds

d. all; one-third

The _____ Party is not considered a political party. a. ​Democrat b. ​Libertarian c. ​Republican d. ​Tea e. ​Green

d. ​Tea

The election of 1800 marked the beginning of the end for the Federalists. By __________, the Federalists were gone for good. a. 1840 b. 1808 c. 1836 d. 1880 e. 1820

e. 1820

The best the Socialist Party has ever done in America was to capture 6 percent of the vote in the election of a. 1932. b. 1968. c. 2016. d. 1896. e. 1912.

e. 1912.

Content analysis of the 2012 presidential campaign, suggests that more "good press" focused on a. Mitt Romney. b. the House of Representatives. c. Joe Biden. d. Hillary Clinton. e. Barack Obama.

e. Barack Obama.

Candidates eventually favored by most party identifiers usually win their party's nomination. There have been only two exceptions to this rule: Aldai Stevenson in 1952 and _____ in 1972. a. Jimmy Carter b. Ronald Reagan c. Dwight Eisenhower d. Bill Clinton e. George McGovern

e. George McGovern

How do the mass media influence the socialization process? a. They promote popular support for the political system. b. They cause confusion about political positions of officeholders. c. They undermine popular support for the political system. d. They reflect the government's position on most important issues. e. They play contradictory roles, sometimes promoting popular support for government and sometimes eroding public confidence in it.

e. They play contradictory roles, sometimes promoting popular support for government and sometimes eroding public confidence in it.

The ​fairness doctrine required a. the press to refrain from publishing strategic information during wartime. b. broadcasters to make facilities available to all responsible parties in a community wishing to express conflicting views on issues. c. broadcast stations to provide free air time to all candidates running for public office. d. all Internet service providers to use similar equipment. e. broadcast stations to provide fair coverage of all views on public issues.

e. broadcast stations to provide fair coverage of all views on public issues.

The primary goal of interest groups is to a. educate the public about issues. b. sponsor candidates for elections. c. fight corruption in government. d. provide campaign donations. e. influence public policy.

e. influence public policy.

One of the most convincing explanations for the persistence of the two-party system in the United States lies in its use of a. single winners chosen by a proportional representation of votes. b. multiple winners chosen by a proportional representation of votes. c. multiple winners chosen by a simple plurality of votes. d. single winners chosen by an absolute majority of votes. e. single winners chosen by a simple plurality of votes.

e. single winners chosen by a simple plurality of votes.