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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.