Gov ap & quiz questions
The amendment to the constitution modified the electoral college so that the president and vice president would be on the same ticket so as to not caused the confusion of the 1800 election, it also placed the inhabitant clause (no two candidates from the same state, and it describes in detail the process in place if no candidate secures a majority of the electoral votes
12
The amendment to the constitution guarantee that the District of Columbia would have electoral votes
23
Minimum number needed to win the electoral college
270
Total number of electoral votes in the electoral college
538
Portion of the voting age public that has voted in the presidential elections over the last 20 years
65%
Which of the following scenarios is most closely related to the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) ?
A labor union spends millions of dollars to independently run negative advertisements about a presidential candidate shortly before the election.
Which of the following best describes the practice of ticket splitting?
A voter chooses the presidential nominee of one major party, but chooses congressional nominees of the other major party
How is the number of electoral votes for the state of Ohio determined
Adding the number of senators, 2, with the number of people in the House of Representatives, determined by the census every 10 years
The term faithless elector is best understood as
An elector who fails to follow the popular vote in selecting the president and vice president choice
When party members meet to nominate a candidate for office, they participate in which of the following?
Caucus
The name for the alternative method used by Maine and Nebraska
District Alternative
Speaking of that process that is in place in case no candidate meets the required number of electoral votes, which legislative body is tasked with electing the president with a majority vote
House of Representatives
The advantages of incumbency in congressional elections include which of the following? I. Incumbents receive more campaign contributions than do challengers. II. Incumbents are able to provide important services for individual voters. III. The government provides campaign funds for incumbents. IV. The President usually endorses incumbents for reelection. V. Most American voters believe Congress does a good job.
I and II only
Which of the following is a significant trend in the presidential nominating process over the past three decades?
Increasing importance of presidential primaries rather than state conventions
Which of the following statements about incumbent senators running for reelection is correct?
Incumbent senators are less likely to be reelected than are incumbent members of the House of Representatives.
All of the following contribute to the success of incumbent members of Congress in election campaigns EXCEPT:
Incumbents tend to understand national issues better than do their challengers.
All of the following contribute to the success of incumbent members of Congress in election campaigns except
Incumbents tend to understand national issues better than do their challengers.
Which of the following is true of the electoral college system?
It encourages candidates to concentrate their campaigns in competitive, populous states.
Which of the following is true of the electoral college system
It has the individual state control that means it allocates and nominates is electors
Of the following, which is the most important reason that voter turnout is lower in the United States than in most other industrial democracies.
It has traditionally been more difficult to register to vote in the United States than in most other industrial democracies.
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the voter turnout rate in the United States?
It is lower than in most other Western democracies
The two states that do not use the unit rule method of allocating electoral votes
Maine, Nebraska
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.
A voters decision to support the incumbent president in an upcoming midterm election is based on economic growth and successful foreign policy. The voter is exercising which political model in voting behavior
Retrospective voting
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain-Feingold) was designed to curtail which of the following?
Soft money
Which of the following is true of congressional redistricting?
State legislators often redraw district boundaries to aid the majority political party.
A recent Supreme Court decision in 2020 unanimously clarified what aspect regarding the electoral college and the constitution
States were able to remedy these so-called faithless electors by way of legislating their actions
How is a president chosen when none of the candidates receives a majority of the electoral college vote?
The House chooses a new president by a majority vote of its state delegations.
Which of the following is a correct statement about political action committees (PAC's)?
The amount of money that PAC's can contribute directly to an individual candidate is limited by law.
Under the electoral college system, which of the following is not an accurate statement
The college was not intended to be expanded to over 30 states
The "scare-off effect" was noted by a student when they saw the results of the election the other night in a few Ohio congressional districts. It is a daunting task for most challengers to run against...
The incumbent in the office
Describe the winner take all feature of the electoral college
The unit rule is in stated in 48 out of 50 states and it says that whichever candidate wins a plurality in the state receives all the electoral college votes for that state
Which of the following statements most accurately compares elections in the United States with those in most other Western democracies?
The voter turnout rate in the United States is usually lower
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 took place in all three of the presidential elections of 1824 2000 and 2016
The winning candidate took office after receiving less than 50% of the popular votes cast
Which of the following took place after presidential candidates Truman in 1948, Nixon in 1968, and Clinton in 1992 won only pluralities of the popular vote?
The winning candidate took office after receiving less than 50% of the popular votes cast.
Which of the following scenarios explains how demographic factors affect voter participation in elections?
Wealthier individuals are more likely to become involved in campaigns because they believe that their actions may influence the candidates.
Yes or no. States can determine the eligibility for voters regarding registration, felony convictions, and ID requirements
Yes
The primary reason for the current existence of only two major political parties in the United States is that
a winner-take-all electoral system makes it difficult for new parties to emerge and survive
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
closed primary
Typically, presidential candidates implement their campaign strategies by
focusing on larger, competitive states, because they might tip the balance of the electoral college
When contributing to congressional campaigns, political action committees (PACs) are most likely to contribute to
incumbents of both major parties
In response to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold Act), the United States Supreme Court, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), ruled that
independent campaign expenditures by corporations and unions are protected by the First Amendment
Explanations for low voter turnout include all of the following EXCEPT
laws protecting voting rights for minorities
Explanations for low voter turnout include all of the following except
laws protecting voting rights for minorities
The boundary lines of congressional districts must be redrawn every 10 years in order to
reflect population shifts indicated by the national census
The development and persistence of the two-party system in the United States is best accounted for by
single-member legislative districts
The process known as front-loading refers to
the tendency of states to choose an early date on the primary calendar
When people vote for some candidates from one party and other candidates from another party, it is called
ticket splitting
