Exam 13: The Campaign Process

U.S.citizens can give the largest campaign contribution to a __________.

__________ are organizations created primarily to influence the nomination,election,or appointment of political candidates.There are no limits on the size of contributions made to these groups.

Who measures public opinion for a campaign?

Nomination campaigns __________.

Describe three strategies a campaign might use in an attempt to control media coverage.

What activities do candidates concentrate on during the nomination campaign?

What is the difference between a communications director and a press secretary?

Candidate debates became a regular part of presidential campaigns in which decade?

Which presidential ticket was the first to use the Internet in a national campaign?

In McCutcheon v.FEC,the Supreme Court limited the total amount of money donors could give to all candidates combined.

The Supreme Court struck down the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act as an unconstitutional infringement of free speech almost immediately after it was enacted.

What was the largest source of campaign spending in 2004?

Why do campaigns hire consultants?

Which country has the most women serving as legislators?

If a small newspaper writes an incendiary exposé about a candidate,the person on the campaign staff who most needs to be made aware of it is the communications director.

The __________ is the bureaucratic agency in charge of monitoring federal campaign activity.

President Gerald R.Ford's erroneous insistence during an October 1976 debate with Jimmy Carter that Poland was not under Soviet domination may have cost him a close election.

Describe how outside spending during campaigns has changed since 2000.What laws and Court decisions have impacted spending by outside groups? Describe the roles played by PACs,527 groups,501(c)groups,and Super PACs.

The person in the campaign who is closest to the candidate and who makes the essential day-to-day decisions is the __________.

Super PACs can make __________ on campaign activities so long as they are not coordinated with a particular candidate's campaign.