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| 8013503335 | What problems does the high cost of campaigns create? | a. People without funds can't run b. Spend too much time fundraising c. Campaign contributions may corrupt the system | 0 | |
| 8013505076 | Buckley v. Valeo (1976) | People can spend as much of their own money as they want on their own campaign | 1 | |
| 8013508655 | Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission (2010) | Political spending is a form of speech protected under the First Amendment, and the government may not keep corporations or unions from spending money to support or denounce individual candidates in elections. While corporations or unions may not give money directly to campaigns, they may seek to persuade the voting public through other means, including ads | 2 | |
| 8021889723 | political machine | a party organization that recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives and is characterized by a high degree of control over member activity | 3 | |
| 8022169397 | runoff primary | A second primary election between the two canidates recieving the greatest number of votes in the first primary | 4 | |
| 8022177874 | electorate | citizens eligible to vote | 5 |
