Exam 9: Campaigns and Elections

When no candidate wins a majority in the electoral college, the House of Representatives chooses a president from

The first decision a presidential hopeful must make is to choose a running mate.

Which of the following is NOT true about election rules in the United States?

Which of the following is NOT a focus of current campaign reform efforts?

Which of the following is NOT true about the electoral college?

In all of the midterm elections between 1934 and 1998

If no candidate wins a majority of the electoral college votes, the president is chosen by

The method for choosing presidential electoral college votes or delegates is determined by

The Federal Election Commission was created by the 1974 amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act to administer election reform laws.

The most frequently proposed reform is direct popular election of the president.

Term limits for members of the U.S.Congress can be imposed only by

Traditionally, the first states to pick delegates to the national conventions are

According to congressional elections scholar Gary Jacobson, the coattail effect is

A national meeting of delegates elected in primaries, caucuses, or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president, ratify the party platform, elect officers, and adopt rules is known as

The "America's Changing Face" box in this chapter shows that since 1968, delegates to the Democratic National Convention

Gaining visibility is a candidate's main hurdle when running for the House of Representatives.

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act sets limits on independent expenditures.

The textbook authors argue that voting is important because

The 1974 campaign expense law placed new limits on the contributions and spending that could be made by candidates and party committees, and strengthened disclosure laws.

When states move their primary dates up in the calendar it is called