Quiz 9

A  Elections and Campaigns Committee

B  Senate

C  Supreme Court

D  House of Representatives

A  elites

B  the Supreme Court

C  ordinary Americans

D  Congress

A  48

B  all 50

C  five

D  26

A  Battleground states have the most Electoral College votes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  votes in presidential elections but not in midterm elections

B  registers to vote on Election Day

C  votes based on the candidates and not party loyalty

D  is elated at the outcome of an election

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

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

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

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

A  young age group

B  low income people

C  a college degree holders

D  ethnic minorities

A  Education helps voters recognize differences between the candidates.

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 increases intolerance, which then encourages turnout.

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

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

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

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

A  electing more officeholders

B  holding more elections

C  minimizing the differences between the parties

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

A  The United States elects fewer officeholders.

B  The United States hold fewer elections

C  The United States hold elections midweek.

D  The United States has a multiple partisan election system.

A  paying money to vote

B  political efficacy

C  civic duty

D  becoming informed

A  scorekeeping

B  selective perception

C  agenda setting

D  frontloading

A  hard money

B  soft money

C  matching funds

D  support funds

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

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

C  the media control electoral outcomes

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

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

B  television ads aimed at the 18–29 age group

C  newspaper ads aimed at the 55-65 age group

D  staff to handle high-tech and computer technologies

A  more people are making small political donations

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

C  Most people are receiving direct mail from candidates

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