Exam 10: Elections and Campaigns

A) A constitutional amendment
B) An act of Congress
C) Approval by a simple majority of the states
D) A parliamentary system of government
E) The approval of the Supreme Court

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A) Ninth
B) Twelfth
C) Seventeenth
D) Twenty-First
E) Twenty-Second

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A) National
B) Majoritarian
C) Federal
D) Unfair
E) Elitist

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A) Voters elect the president directly.
B) The number of electors equals each state's number of senators (two) plus its number of representatives.
C) Electors have always voted for the candidate who won their state's vote.
D) The House of Representatives usually picks the winner.
E) The Senate selects the winner from among the top three vote getters.

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A) Electoral college
B) Federal Election Commission
C) House of Representatives
D) Senate
E) State legislatures

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A) The legal end of segregation in public schools
B) The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
C) The passage of major civil rights legislation in the 1960s
D) The refinement of the constitutional requirements for office in the latter 1800s
E) The lowering of the legal voting age to 18

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A) The personal characteristics of candidates
B) The size of the campaign war chest
C) International concerns, not local ones
D) Issues and party policies
E) Issues of little consequence to voters

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A) The Federal Election Commission
B) The Department of Elections
C) The Congressional Campaign Committee
D) The Voting Rights Commission
E) The Federal Campaign Commission

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A) State laws
B) The Federal Electoral Selection Act
C) Article II of the U.S. Constitution
D) Congressional oversight
E) Federal district court judges

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A) They are voting for a slate of electors pledged to support a particular candidate.
B) Their votes are weighted by their level of education.
C) Their votes are weighted by their levels of income.
D) They become members of the electoral college.
E) They are also voting for all other candidates from the same party.

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A) McCutcheon, et.al v. FEC
B) Campaign Finance Reform Act
C) Election and Campaign Finance Act
D) Citizens United case
E) Federal Election Campaign Act

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A) Upon arrival, most delegates are undecided as to whom they would like to see as the party's candidate.
B) The delegates from those states that had early primaries and caucuses are seated closest to the front of the convention center.
C) The presidential candidate is chosen by the party delegates.
D) Elites within the political parties are entrusted with making the determination of an appropriate candidate based upon electability.
E) It usually takes three ballots for the party to choose the presidential candidate.

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A) To create the Federal Election Commission
B) To provide public financing for congressional races
C) To limit campaign expenditures in presidential elections to a maximum of $2 million
D) To create the Federal Communications Commission
E) To expand presidential campaign spending to an unlimited amount

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