A key difference between caucuses and primaries is
Participation in caucuses is much lower than the level of turnout for primaries.
True or False: Superdelegates have traditionally played an important role in the presidential nomination process.
False
True or False: The New Hampshire primary is especially important because it helps whittle down the number of viable candidates for the primaries that follow it.
True
Why is a campaign manager important to a well-organized campaign?
To keep the candidate from getting bogged down in organizational details.
True or False: Candidates today find it relatively easy to obtain the free media attention they seek.
False
According to the text, the main benefit of campaign finance laws has been to
Make American political campaigns more open and honest.
True or False: So-called 527 groups spend millions of unrestricted dollars on political campaigns.
True
True or False: Donations to Super PACs can be in unlimited amounts as long as they are disclosed to the FEC.
True
Research concerning the impact that political campaigns have on voters shows that campaigns
Reinforce preferences and active voters, but rarely convert voters.
Which of the following is not true about Americans' voting behavior?
A single person is more likely to vote than a married person.
True or False: Registered voters who have a high sense of political efficacy are more likely to actually vote than registered voters who do not.
True
Which of the following statements best characterizes how party identification influences Americans' voting behavior?
Party identification simplifies the political world for many voters.
True or False: College-educated voters are more likely to view political candidates in terms of their personal attributes.
True
With the Electoral College, states with small populations
Get more weight than they would if the president were directly elected.
Which of the following is not an important function of elections in American democracy?
To facilitate the expansion of the scope of government.
The Federal Election Campaign Act established all of the following EXCEPT
A fund for public donations to congressional campaigns.
Which state's presidential primary traditionally receives the most media coverage?
New Hampshire
All of the following are criticisms raised against the nomination system EXCEPT
Few citizens are permitted to participate in the nomination process.
Which of the following statements is true concerning the use of PACs in political campaigns?
PACs must be registered with and monitored by the FEC.
In addition to officially nominating a party's candidate for the presidency, national conventions perform which of the following tasks?
Determine the party's platform.
Primaries and caucuses are unrepresentative of the electorate's preferences because
Voters in primary elections are usually older and more affluent than the majority.
Which of the following factors contributes most to the cost of a presidential campaign?
Television advertising.
Presidential campaigns in the United States differ most from most European campaigns in which of the following ways?
American campaigns are much longer than other campaigns.
Media coverage of campaigns tend to focus on
Campaign strategies and the horse race.