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Nominations and Campaigns
A.P. Government and Politics
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The first presidential caucus of the
campaign season is traditionally held in
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Delaware
California
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Iowa
Ohio
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Candidates’ policy positions receive
more media attention than does their
campaign strategy.
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Today, most delegates to each major party’s
national convention are chosen by
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b.
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State party chairpersons
prior to any caucus or
presidential primary.
State presidential
primaries.
The previous national
convention.
State presidential
caucuses.
A lottery system.
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Electoral college: presidential
election:: superdelegates :
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Veto
Primaries
Caucuses
Party conventions
Party platforms
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The Federal Election Commission
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b.
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Administers all elections in the U.S.
from school board to president with a
staff of 160,000.
Tabulates and certifies the votes in all
federal elections.
Is a bipartisan body responsible for
administering campaign finance laws
and enforcing compliance with those
laws.
Is a nonpartisan political organization
that has sough got over fifty years to
reform campaign financing.
Is the Republican Party’s watchdog
organization, which monitors
fundraising and spending by
Democratic candidates.
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The opening up of the process to choose delegates to the
Democratic National Convention in the immediate
aftermath of 1968 was spearheaded by
a. The McGovernFraser Commission.
b. The Kerner
Commission.
c. An act of Congress.
d. President Johnson.
e. The Warren
Commission.
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The internet has had its greatest impact on
campaigns in the area of advertising.
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Which of the following is not a criticism of the
current system of presidential primaries and
caucuses?
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Prominent officeholders find it
difficult to take time out from their
current duties to run.
The media do not have enough of a
role in this process.
Too much attention is paid to the
early ones.
Money plays too big a role.
Many candidates drop out early
before most states have held their
primary or caucus.
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Fish : Water :: Money:
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Direct Mail
Campaigns
Frontloading
Party platform
Superdelegates
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In the 1976 case of Buckley v Valeo, the
Supreme Court rule that
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The limitation on the amount of money
persons could contribute to their own election
campaigns violated free speech and was
unconstitutional.
Presidential election campaigns could not be
paid for by tax dollars.
The forced disclosure of contributions to
federal elections violated freedom of
association and was therefore unconstitutional.
The limitation on the amount of money people
could contribute to their own election
campaigns was not a violation of free speech
and was constitutional.
Congressional and state legislative districts
must be of equal population and reapportioned
every ten years.
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Proponents of a national primary argue that
it would do each of the following except
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Bring directness and simplicity to
the nomination process.
No longer allow votes in one state
to have more political impact than
votes in another.
Lengthen the time of the
campaign.
Concentrate media coverage and
increase interest and
understanding.
Increase interest in more states.
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527 groups cannot explicitly urge citizens to
vote for or against a candidate.
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2. False
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Bucket of water : forest fire ::
McCain Feingold Act :
a. Selective perception
b. 527 groups
c. Political action
committees
d. Campaign Finance
Reform
e. National Party
Convention
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The “candidate-centered age” refers to a
system of modern campaigns that allows
politicians to
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Decide on their own to
run for office.
Raise their own
campaign funds.
Build their own personal
campaign organization.
Make individual
promises about what
they will do once they
are in office.
All of the above
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Pete watches Meet the Press and says man did you see
the way that David Gregory attacked President Obama?
While Suzie says yikes Gregory really attacked Republican
lead House of Representatives.
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Mandate Theory
Party Identification
Name Recognition
Selective
Perception
e. Nature of the
times Voter
f. Barriers to Entry
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