Matching
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Match each term or person with the correct statement below. a. | plurality | e. | caucus | b. | winner-take-all system | f. | party base | c. | primary
election | g. | stump
speech | d. | general elections | h. | coattail effect |
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A meeting of party members to choose party officials for elective
office.
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largest number of votes, but may not be a majority
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Party activists who are more likely to vote in primary elections; they embrace
the core values of their party.
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Voters determine which candidate will represent the party on the ballot of the
upcoming general elections
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A candidate’s standard campaign speech, given over and over.
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The influence that a popular candidate for an office may have
for other candidates running for other offices, making it more
likely that those candidates will get elected along with the popular candidate.
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Regularly scheduled elections in even numbered years for major offices
including president, governor, representative and senator.
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awards offices to highest vote getters without rewarding the losing candidates,
even though may have received a large number of votes.
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Match these terms of expanded suffrage with their more full explanations
below: a. | Before Civil War | e. | 24th Amendment bans poll
taxes | b. | 15th Amendment (Passed after Civil War) | f. | 1965 Voting Rights Act | c. | 17th Amendment to
directly elect Senators | g. | 26th Amendment | d. | 19th Amendment - women’s
suffrage | h. | 1993 Motor
Voter |
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Gave voters the say, not state legislators
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Extended the vote to African American males
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Now you 18 year olds can vote!
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They had been denied the right to vote for centuries in almost all countries,
but their lobbying to get the vote in America paid off after WW I.
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Blacks were kept from voting in the South by having to pay this; its removal
allowed many more blacks to be able to vote.
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This made it easier for people in all states to register to vote.
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Only white males could vote
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Protecting the voting rights of African Americans allowed blacks to be elected
to office.
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Primaries. Match the primary with its explanation. a. | Closed primary | e. | Primary election | b. | Open primary | f. | Caucus | c. | blanket
primary | g. | Primary
colors | d. | nonpartisan primary |
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The election used to decide which candidate from a party will be on the ballot
in the next general election.
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This primary election is open only to registered party members.
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Only a few states use this system where you can pick any
Republican or Democratic name from a list for
each of the offices on the ballot.
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In this primary election any voter can vote, but you must decide if you are
going to ask for a Republican or Democratic ballot.
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If you win a majority in this election, you actually win the office
(with no need for a future general election). If a
majority is not achieved, the top 2 vote-getters face each other in the
general election.
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This process takes place in informal small meetings. (Only some states use this
method.)
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Know your election types. a. | Presidential
election | d. | Off-year election | b. | Midterm election | e. | None of these | c. | General
election |
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In even numbered years, the next will be in 2012.
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In even numbered years, regularly scheduled elections every two years.
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Between presidential elections, one third of Senate elected.
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A special election.
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Occurs in odd numbered years, local elections.
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Know your political money $ a. | Limit for individual donations to
candidates | d. | soft money | b. | PAC donation limit to candidates | e. | none of these | c. | Average of
individual citizen donations |
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About $2000 limit
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$25-100
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$5000
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donations to the party not designated to a specific candidate
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$2 million
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What is the effect of the Demographic factors below on voting turnout? a. | Voter turn out increases | c. | Voter turn out stays the same or
changes in uncertain ways. | b. | Voter turn out decreases
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As voter age decreases (for instance comparing 50-60 year olds with 30-40 year
olds) what is the effect?
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As the amount of education that a voter has increases, what is the effect on
voter turn out?
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As average income of voters increases, what is the effect?
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of these is NOT a step in the Route to Presidential Nomination?
a. | Announce your candidacy for office. | d. | Build a war chest and establish a
strategy. | b. | Accept the nomination at the Convention. | e. | Get petitions signed to have your name placed
first on the ballot. | c. | run in primaries and
caucuses |
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What was the problem of issue ads?
a. | there was no problem, they worked fine. | d. | they built too large a war
chest. | b. | they were done by political parties and not be interest groups. | e. | They were thinly disguised campaign ads, just
as if they had been done by political parties | c. | they were
untruthful |
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What are issue ads?
a. | No one is quite sure, they are odd things that appear in civics books and bug
students, causing massive spring break anxiety. How ya feelin’ about school being out
soon...???? :-). | d. | They are TV commercials that generate opposition because they are
controversial. | b. | They are negative issues that cloud campaigns with untruths. | e. | They were commercial ads, used on TV. Like soft
money, they were not regulated because they were made by interest groups, not by political
parties. | c. | They are expensive ads put on in prime time that blur candidates
images. |
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Which of these factors is the one most critical for most people in deciding what
candidate to vote for?
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While party is a strong influence for many people, all
three of these factors play an important role in voters' decisions on which
candidate to vote for. | c. | Candidate characteristics like charisma and
incumbency | b. | The issues in the campaign | d. |
What the weather is, what they had for dinner last
night, how they are feeling... |
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What is an incumbent?
a. | The person who is being groomed to run for an upcoming election | c. | Someone who is
currently in office, and is running again for the same office | b. | Soemone who was
defeated in the last election | d. | None of these |
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Short Answer
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41.
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Describe several things you learned about presidential
voter turnout by studying the graphs in the worksheet Mr. Pahl gave you:
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42.
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Briefly a)explain the electoral college and then b) tell whether or not you think it should be
abolished....
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