front 1 A key difference between caucuses and primaries is | back 1 Participation in caucuses is much lower than the level of turnout for primaries. |
front 2 True or False: Superdelegates have traditionally played an important role in the presidential nomination process. | back 2 False |
front 3 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. | back 3 True |
front 4 Why is a campaign manager important to a well-organized campaign? | back 4 To keep the candidate from getting bogged down in organizational details. |
front 5 True or False: Candidates today find it relatively easy to obtain the free media attention they seek. | back 5 False |
front 6 According to the text, the main benefit of campaign finance laws has been to | back 6 Make American political campaigns more open and honest. |
front 7 True or False: So-called 527 groups spend millions of unrestricted dollars on political campaigns. | back 7 True |
front 8 True or False: Donations to Super PACs can be in unlimited amounts as long as they are disclosed to the FEC. | back 8 True |
front 9 Research concerning the impact that political campaigns have on voters shows that campaigns | back 9 Reinforce preferences and active voters, but rarely convert voters. |
front 10 Which of the following is not true about Americans' voting behavior? | back 10 A single person is more likely to vote than a married person. |
front 11 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. | back 11 True |
front 12 Which of the following statements best characterizes how party identification influences Americans' voting behavior? | back 12 Party identification simplifies the political world for many voters. |
front 13 True or False: College-educated voters are more likely to view political candidates in terms of their personal attributes. | back 13 True |
front 14 With the Electoral College, states with small populations | back 14 Get more weight than they would if the president were directly elected. |
front 15 Which of the following is not an important function of elections in American democracy? | back 15 To facilitate the expansion of the scope of government. |
front 16 The Federal Election Campaign Act established all of the following EXCEPT | back 16 A fund for public donations to congressional campaigns. |
front 17 Which state's presidential primary traditionally receives the most media coverage? | back 17 New Hampshire |
front 18 All of the following are criticisms raised against the nomination system EXCEPT | back 18 Few citizens are permitted to participate in the nomination process. |
front 19 Which of the following statements is true concerning the use of PACs in political campaigns? | back 19 PACs must be registered with and monitored by the FEC. |
front 20 In addition to officially nominating a party's candidate for the presidency, national conventions perform which of the following tasks? | back 20 Determine the party's platform. |
front 21 Primaries and caucuses are unrepresentative of the electorate's preferences because | back 21 Voters in primary elections are usually older and more affluent than the majority. |
front 22 Which of the following factors contributes most to the cost of a presidential campaign? | back 22 Television advertising. |
front 23 Presidential campaigns in the United States differ most from most European campaigns in which of the following ways? | back 23 American campaigns are much longer than other campaigns. |
front 24 Media coverage of campaigns tend to focus on | back 24 Campaign strategies and the horse race. |