Terms : Hide Images
| 1594918139 | Why did the Framers of the U.S. Constitution not anticipate the first phase of the presidential elections? | Not correct: In that period, executives were selected by the legislature. | 0 | |
| 1594918140 | In the early days of American democracy, each state legislature chose electors who then cast two electoral votes for president of the United States. Why cast two electoral votes? | The first-place candidate became president, the second-place candidate vice president. | 1 | |
| 1594918141 | The first state to hold a direct primary in a Presidential election was | Not correct: Wisconsin. | 2 | |
| 1594918142 | Political parties select individuals to serve as their presidential and vice presidential candidates. This duo is referred to as the | party ticket | 3 | |
| 1594918143 | The unit rule, in which the candidate who receives the most votes among the popular votes cast for President receives all of the electoral votes for that state, is used by all the states except | Maine and Nebraska. | 4 | |
| 1594918144 | How does a candidate "win" the presidency in the Electoral College? | He/she must receive an outright majority of all electoral votes. | 5 | |
| 1594918145 | Campaign contributions that go directly to the candidate are called | hard money. | 6 | |
| 1594918146 | The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) did all of the following except | increase limits on hard money donated directly to candidates and their campaigns. | 7 | |
| 1594918147 | Most states require that voters declare their party affiliation ahead of time and, at the time of voting, can only vote in that party's election. This process is called | a closed primary. | 8 | |
| 1594918148 | Which Supreme Court case that ruled Congress could limit campaign contributions consistent with the First Amendment, but not limit independent campaign expenditures or personal money spent by candidates on behalf of their own campaigns? | Buckley v. Valeo | 9 | |
| 1594918149 | A handful of states do not hold elections for individual parties to select their candidates. Instead, the party members are invited to attend local meetings at which they choose delegates who make a commitment to a candidate for the party nomination. This process is called | the caucus | 10 | |
| 1594918150 | Which of the following is NOT a major source of campaign funding? | foreign investors | 11 | |
| 1594918151 | In order to win in the Electoral College the candidate must obtain | a simple majority of the 538 electoral votes. | 12 | |
| 1594918152 | Mid-term Congressional elections are those held in | November of even numbered years when no presidential election is held. | 13 | |
| 1594918153 | Political parties, though weaker today than in the past, have provided the framework for every presidential election since | Not Correct: 1828 | 14 | |
| 1594918154 | The first Presidential election in which a state held a direct primary was | 1900 | 15 | |
| 1594918155 | A statewide election that selects delegates who will represent the state at the party's national convention is called a | presidential primary | 16 | |
| 1594918156 | Which of the following is NOT true of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002? | It requires that all federal candidates accurately disclose campaign contributions. | 17 | |
| 1594918157 | An "open caucus" is a method whereby the party's | members formally meet to decide who their party should nominate for office. | 18 | |
| 1594918158 | All states have a minimum of three electoral votes. The state with the most electoral votes in the Electoral College is | California | 19 | |
| 1594918159 | During the Progressive era of the early 1900s, the direct primary was created and implemented. The purpose of the direct primary was to | provide voters the opportunity to select party candidates rather than party leaders. | 20 | |
| 1594918160 | What is the primary purpose today of the national party conventions that are held in the summer prior to the presidential elections? | To showcase the party's candidate and garner momentum for the upcoming election | 21 | |
| 1594918161 | The number of electoral votes from each state is determined by | the number of House and Senate members the state has. | 22 | |
| 1594918162 | What was the purpose of the Twelfth Amendment, ratified in 1804? | It required electors to cast two votes: one for president and one for vice president. | 23 | |
| 1594918163 | How can the number of electoral votes in a particular state change? | The census leads to reapportionment of the 538 total electoral votes among states. | 24 | |
| 1594918164 | The final determination of which candidate wins the presidential election is based upon | the official results of the votes cast by electors in the Electoral College. | 25 | |
| 1594918165 | Passed in 1964, which Amendment outlawed poll taxes by making unconstitutional any law that made payment of a tax a voting eligibility requirement in federal elections? | 24th Amendment | 26 | |
| 1594918166 | Which of the following is the best definition of a political party? An organization that | seeks to win elections for the purpose of influencing government outputs. | 27 | |
| 1594918167 | Thomas Jefferson helped to create the Democratic-Republican Party in the 1790s. He criticized then-President George Washington's administration as | becoming a tax-and-spend liberal government. | 28 | |
| 1594918168 | A change in the early twentieth century whereby the rank-and-file party members rather than party leaders began to choose the party's nominees for offices is referred to as | direct primary election. | 29 | |
| 1594918169 | In regards to political parties, the term "de-alignment" refers to | the decline in voter attachment to both parties. | 30 | |
| 1594918170 | What constitutional amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in all local, state, and federal elections? | 26th Amendment | 31 | |
| 1594918171 | An election that results in a clear shifting of voter preferences from one party to another, or that clearly solidifies a party's unity, is referred to as a | realigning, or critical, election. | 32 | |
| 1594918172 | In 1828, the Democratic-Republicans split into the | Not Correct: Democrats and the Republicans. | 33 | |
| 1594918173 | Which of the following is true of voter turnout? | Women are slightly more inclined to vote than men. | 34 | |
| 1594918174 | In 1824 the presidential election was thrown to the U.S. House of Representatives, which chose John Quincy Adams as president. This outcome was a catalyst for Andrew Jackson to | split from his party to create the new Democratic Party, and then win the 1828 election. | 35 | |
| 1594918175 | In 1792 George Washington ran unopposed for his second term. Which of the following is true concerning this election? | Not Correct: It was later learned that Britain's king was supportive of Washington's candidacy. | 36 | |
| 1594918176 | One theory states that certain elections can produce sharp changes in patterns of party loyalty among voters, such as the election of 1860 in which Abraham Lincoln won the presidency. This theory is called | critical election theory. | 37 | |
| 1594918177 | Since 1968 the American political scene has witnessed a slow but steady shift in political party affiliation, especially in the South. What is occurring? | The Democratic stronghold in the South has reverted to Republican territory. | 38 | |
| 1594918178 | Though never explicitly intended, which of the following has been a positive benefit of the competition for power between the two major parties? | Competition has proven to be a significant check against tyranny. | 39 | |
| 1594918179 | The term "franchise" can be understood as | another term for suffrage or the right to vote. | 40 | |
| 1594918180 | The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution | guarantees the vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. | 41 | |
| 1594918181 | The strongest third-party campaign for president took place during the 1912 election. Who was the third-party candidate and what was his party? | Theodore Roosevelt/Bull Moose | 42 | |
| 1594918182 | Ideologically, American public opinion tends to show that most Americans are | Not Correct: prone to swing back and forth between liberal and conservative ideologies. | 43 | |
| 1594918183 | In the 1828 presidential election Andrew Jackson won decisively. Which of the following was NOT a result of this important election? | It solidified a one-party system by making it difficult to oppose this dominant party. | 44 | |
| 1594918184 | Which of the following is NOT an explanation for low voter turnout? | The rise in general "social capital" | 45 | |
| 1594918185 | The first presidential election in which political parties played a role was | Not Correct: 1824 | 46 | |
| 1594918186 | Which term refers to a document, or official statement, that outlines the political party's position on important policy issues? | Party platform | 47 | |
| 1594918187 | By 1840, the Democratic-Republican Party had been fatally damaged by Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party. Members of remaining splinter groups united with smaller factions to create a new opposition party referred to as | Not Correct: Republicans | 48 | |
| 1594918188 | The Whig Party was a dominant party for the 20 years immediately preceding the Civil War By the 1850s the Whig Party began to witness serious divisions that led to its demise. What was the basis of this split? | Serious differences over the legality and morality of slavery | 49 | |
| 1594918189 | The program of the Libertarian Party would NOT include | bases its political activities on principles of secular liberalism. | 50 | |
| 1594918190 | Which of the following is NOT a function of political parties? | Not Correct: Negotiating content of new laws | 51 |
