AP Gov Unit 5 Test Retake

Which of the following demographic groups had voted most consistently for the Democratic Party in national elections over the last three decades

African Americans

Which of the following form an "iron triangle"

Bureaucratic agency, congressional committee, and interest groups

Which of the following is a type of primary election that requires party registration as an affiliate to vote?

Closed primary

Which of the following provides the most accurate explanation of how consumer-driven media increases partisan polarization

Consumer-driven media reinforces existing political biases in individuals

Which of the following best accounts for the lack of success generally encountered by minor political parties in electing members to the House or Senate

General Elections in the United States are based on the winner-take-all principle

The data displayed in the table above best supports which of the following statements

House seats are safer from election turnover than are Senate seats

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

I and II only

Which of the following organizations is most likely to suffer from the free rider problem

Large special interest groups with a large membership and national focus

Which of the following statements is best supported by the data in the table above

Latinos of Cuban descent are more supportive of the republican party than are Latinos of Mexican or Puerto Rican descent

In the US which of the following is a rule on voting found in the Constitution or its amendments

No person eighteen years of age or older may be denied the right to vote on account of age

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

Only voters who register as members of a political party may vote in that party's closed primary, while independents and others may be eligible to vote in open primaries

The table above supports which of the following statements about partisanship and the 1984 presidential election

Partisanship was a good predictor of the way a person voted

The table best supports which of the following statements about party identification and voting behavior

People with strong Democratic party identification tend to vote for the Democratic Party

Which of the following descries a fundamental difference between political parties and interest groups

Political parties represent broad arrays of issues, whereas interest groups are more likely to focus on a narrow set of issues

Which of the following changes to presidential elections would potentially allow for an increase in the number of votes for third party candidates

Rank Choice voting

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 was designed to curtail which of the following

Soft Money

The table best supports which of the following statements about the two elections for which data are provided

Strong Republicans were the Republicans least likely to cross party lines

How is a president chosen when none of the candidates receive a majority of the electoral college vote

The House chooses a new president by a majority vote of it's state delegations

Which of the following is a correct statement about PACs

The amount of money that PACs can contribute directly to an individual candidate is limited by law

A state has 11 electoral votes. In a presidential election, the Democratic candidate receives 48 percent of that state's popular vote, the Republican candidate receives 40 percent of the vote, and an independent candidate receives 12 percent of the vote. If the state is similar to most other states, how will the electoral votes most likely be allocated?

The democratic candidate will receive all 11 electoral votes

The difference shown in the table demonstrates which of the following

The gender gap

Of the following which best predicts the likelihood that a citizen will vote

Their educational level

Which of the following describes a consequence of the growing concentration of ownership of the news media

There is increased similarity of network news coverage

Which of the following is true of political action committees (PACs)

They make campaign contributions in hopes of gaining access to legislators

"Voting is partly a matter of habit: the more frequently a person has voted in the past, the more likely she or he is to vote in the current election." All of the following support the observation above EXCEPT:

Unmarried persons over the age of 65 are less likely to vote than married persons of that age group

Which of the following statements about voting patterns is best supported by the table

Women are more likely than men to vote democratic

A primary election in which voters are required to identify a party preference before the election and are nor allowed to split their ticket is called

a closed primary

The term "horse-race journalism" refers to the tendency of the media to

cover campaigns by emphasizing the relative standing of the candidates in the polls rather than the issues they discuss

The largest amount of political coverage in newspapers during presidential campaigns in devoted to

day-to-day campaign activities

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

decide which issues are important enough to bring to public attention

Typically, presidential candidates implement their campaign strategy by

focusing on larger, competitive states because they might tip the balance of the electoral college

All of the following are reasons incumbents in the House of Representatives enjoy an electoral advantage over challengers EXCEPT that incumbents

get substantial financial support from their party's national committee

In response to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, the US Supreme Court in Citizens v. FEC ruled that

independent campaign expenditures by corporations and unions are protected by the first Amendment

The media's effect on public opinion can best be described as

influencing which issues the public sees as important

An interest group is most likely to have influence in Congress when the issue at stake

is narrow in scope and low in public visibility

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 did which of the following

it banned soft money donations to national parties

Compared to voters in a general election, voters in primary elections are

more likely to be affluent

All of the following are commonly used by interest groups to influence the political process except

nominating candidates

The concept of "critical elections" is most closely associated with

party realignment

Interest groups use political actions committees (PACs) to

raise and spend money on election campaigns

Which of the following is most frequently reported in the media during a presidential election

results from public opinion polls that indicate which candidates are most likely to win

The data provides clear evidence that

the vote in the Midwest predicted the outcome rather consistently

One reason for the persistence of a two party system in the United States is

the winner-takes-all electoral system

The most widely performed act of political participation in the United States is

voting in presidential elections

Critical elections in the United States typically have occurred

when groups of voters have changed their traditional patterns of party loyalties