Quiz 9

A  House of Representatives

B  Supreme Court

C  Senate

D  Elections and Campaigns Committee

A  ordinary Americans

B  elites

C  Congress

D  the Supreme Court

A  26

B  five

C  all 50

D  48

A  Battleground states have the most Electoral College votes.

B  Battleground states have more electors than they would deserve if electors were allocated by population.

C  The winner-take-all system makes battleground states more relevant to a campaign.

D  Candidates focus on battleground states in order to increase their media exposure.

A  It reduces the policy differences between the candidates.

B  It eliminates the need to produce a photo ID in order to vote.

C  It provides a cue as to which candidate a voter is more likely to prefer.

D  It enables voters to select from a wider array of candidates.

A  the idea that voter turnout is higher when citizens are required to vote and are fined if they fail to do so

B  Barack Obama’s claim that his victory in 2012 meant that the public wanted to raise taxes on the wealthy

C  Mitt Romney’s claim that Obama won the 2012 presidential election because he had given gifts to various constituency groups

D  the belief that a functional democracy mandates electoral participation by a large number of voters

A  is elated at the outcome of an election

B  votes in presidential elections but not in midterm elections

C  registers to vote on Election Day

D  votes based on the candidates and not party loyalty

A  Voters do not necessarily prefer all of the winning candidate’s issue positions.

B  Winning candidates are not well versed in the political science literature.

C  Politicians think that political scientists do not understand how things actually work.

D  Winning candidates want to justify their policy proposals by claiming that the public supports them.

A  young age group

B  ethnic minorities

C  low income people

D  a college degree holders

A  Education enables voters to calculate the probability that their vote will decide the election.

B  Education helps voters recognize differences between the candidates.

C  Education depresses political efficacy, which then encourages turnout.

D  Education increases intolerance, which then encourages turnout.

A  “Voting in the United States is so easy that there is no excuse for not voting.”

B  “Democracy is only democratic if citizens participate in the process.”

C  “People like me can influence what the government does.”

D  “I should vote to honor those who sacrificed their lives to make America free.”

A  holding more elections

B  minimizing the differences between the parties

C  making registration automatic for all citizens rather than compelling them to register

D  electing more officeholders

A  The United States hold elections midweek.

B  The United States elects fewer officeholders.

C  The United States has a multiple partisan election system.

D  The United States hold fewer elections

A  civic duty

B  paying money to vote

C  becoming informed

D  political efficacy

A  scorekeeping

B  agenda setting

C  frontloading

D  selective perception

A  matching funds

B  hard money

C  soft money

D  support funds

A  the media exercise little influence over a vast number of citizens’ votes

B  the media control electoral outcomes

C  voters have very little understanding of the campaign apart from what they see and hear in the media

D  campaigns are for the masses and are mediated by political elites

A  newspaper ads aimed at the 55-65 age group

B  an international relations specialist to solicit campaign contributions from foreign nations and multinational corporations

C  staff to handle high-tech and computer technologies

D  television ads aimed at the 18–29 age group

A  Most people are receiving direct mail from candidates

B  more people are becoming highly and accurately informed about the candidates

C  more people are making small political donations

D  Most people are using the Internet as their only source of campaign information