Ch. 11

How much money must a U.S. senator raise every week of his 6 year term in order to acquire enough money to launch a competitive bid for reelection?

$20,000

Abraham Lincoln was first elected in 1860 with ________ percent of the popular vote.

40 %

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using the Internet for political campaigning?

It lets voters easily ignore or delete unsolicited ads.

Which of the following is an accurate representation of the public's opinion about leaders and their accountability?

Most citizens have a low opinion of Congress as a whole, but say they have confidence in their local representative in Congress.

Imagine that the U.S. has a multiparty electoral system. It follows an election system in which each candidate is elected to a particular office on the basis of majority voting. Each voter is allowed to vote for 1 candidate and the candidate getting the most votes in a district wins the office. The system works in such a way that it does not allow minority parties to win easily even if they perform well. On the basis of these characteristics in this fictitious scenario, the U.S. follows the _____ system of election.

Plurality

Assume that the U.S. follows a 2 party electoral system. The people's Representative Party is adopting several measures to ensure a majority victory in the upcoming elections. According to the Median Voter Theorem, which of the following measures should the party members take to ensure victory in the election?

Position themselves at the location of the voter whose preferences are exactly in the middle.

Prospective voting is characterized by

choices based on what candidates promise to do if elected.

When nominees for an election are chosen in _____, participation is limited to voters registered or declared at the polls as members of the party whose primary is being held.

closed primaries

The national party organizations have the power to

determine the site of the party's presidential nominating convention.

Which of the following is 1 of the basic elements of party realignment?

emergence of unusually powerful and divisive issues

Andrew Jackson's contribution to the development of political parties was the

formation of a new type of grassroots party organization.

The 1st American political parties emerged from the conflict between ...

small farmers and states' rights advocates, and those favoring commercial and wealthy interests.

Which of the following is an indication of strong party loyalty?

straight ticket voting

Which of the following encourages the 2 major parties to build broad coalitions?

the 2 party system and the need to gain a plurality