Unit 5 Test

which of the following scenarios best represents an example of party line voting

A citizen casts votes for all Republicans based solely on the candidates' affiliation with the Republican Party.

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

A decrease in the role of political parties in campaign management

Which of the following scenarios is most closely related to the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission?

A labor union spends millions of dollars to independently run negative advertisements about a presidential candidate shortly before the election.

Which of the following makes a correct comparison between political parties and interest groups in the United States?

A. Political Parties, Political parties recruit and run candidates in electionsInterest Groups, Interest groups seek to influence public policy

the advantages of incumbency in congressional elections include which of the following

I and II only

Which of the following is an accurate comparison between the relative functions and electoral success of the two major political parties (Democratic and Republican) and third parties?

Major Parties= The rules of the electoral college favor major party candidates in presidential elections.Third Parties= Winner-take-all voting districts hinder the electoral success of third-party candidates.

A number of states, including Georgia and Ohio, have passed laws that revoke voter registration if a person did not vote in recent election cycles. Which of the following is a likely consequence of these laws?

Occasional voters will not be able to vote on election day, which could influence election results.

which of the following best describes the difference between an open and closed primary?

Only voters who are registered members of a party can vote in a closed primary, while independent voters can vote in open primaries.

Which of the following is an effect of the Seventeenth Amendment?

People could participate in the political process by directly electing the senators.

In 2002, Congress passed the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act in an effort to regulate campaign finance by limiting the ability of corporations and unions to spend their general treasury funds on election communications. In 2010, the Supreme Court invalidated this provision of the act. Which of the following statements accurately describes the majority decision of the case?

The First Amendment allows corporations and unions to make independent expenditures regarding candidates for office.

Which of the following describes the result of a winner-take-all, single member district, plurality system?

The candidate who receives the most votes in the election wins

Which of the following best describes the relationship between socioeconomic status and participation in politics?

The higher one's socioeconomic status, the greater the probability of active involvement in the political process.

Critics of the winner-take-all aspect of the electoral college are most likely to make which of the following arguments?

The winner-take-all system of the electoral college encourages presidential candidates to focus their time and effort disproportionately on battleground states with larger populations.

which of the following is true about amicus beliefs

They are used by interest groups to lobby courts

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

a closed primary

When party members meet to nominate a candidate for office, they participate in which of the following?

caucus

Citizens united v fed election commission

d. freedom of speech in the first amendment

the agenda setting function of the media refers to the power to

decide which issues are important enough to bring to public attention

Which of the following describes the Twenty-Fourth Amendment? It eliminated poll taxes

eliminated poll taxes

The differences shown in the table demonstrate which of the following?

gender gap

Which of the following scenarios depicts the concept of an iron triangle?

lobbyists from the energy industry provide information to the Department of Energy before thedepartment head testifies before the Energy and Commerce Committee in the House of Representatives.

A person votes for Democratic candidates based on the belief that the policies of the Democratic Party will be personally beneficial. This type of voting matches which of the following voting behavior models?

prospective voting

Tom believes that the government should be limited in its regulation of the economy, but he wants to find out more about economic policy. As he researches the topic, he increasingly relies on a well-respected conservative blog as his main source of information. Tom's actions demonstrate the tendency of individuals to seek out information from sources that

reinforce existing political beliefs