Quiz 9

A  Supreme Court

B  Elections and Campaigns Committee

C  House of Representatives

D  Senate

A  Congress

B  ordinary Americans

C  elites

D  the Supreme Court

A  26

B  48

C  five

D  all 50

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

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

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

A  votes based on the candidates and not party loyalty

B  registers to vote on Election Day

C  is elated at the outcome of an election

D  votes in presidential elections but not in midterm elections

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

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

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

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

A  young age group

B  low income people

C  ethnic minorities

D  a college degree holders

A  Education increases intolerance, which then encourages turnout.

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

C  Education depresses political efficacy, which then encourages turnout.

D  Education helps voters recognize differences between the candidates.

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

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

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

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

A  electing more officeholders

B  minimizing the differences between the parties

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

D  holding more elections

A  The United States elects fewer officeholders.

B  The United States hold elections midweek.

C  The United States hold fewer elections

D  The United States has a multiple partisan election system.

A  paying money to vote

B  becoming informed

C  civic duty

D  political efficacy

A  frontloading

B  selective perception

C  scorekeeping

D  agenda setting

A  hard money

B  support funds

C  matching funds

D  soft money

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

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

C  the media control electoral outcomes

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

A  television ads aimed at the 18–29 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  newspaper ads aimed at the 55-65 age group

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

B  Most people are receiving direct mail from candidates

C  more people are making small political donations

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