Exam 8: Campaigns and Elections: Deciding Who Governs

The Internet is useful for fund-raising because __________.

campaign contributors are overwhelmingly __________.

The use of voting record,polling,and market research data to identify and contact potential likely voters is called __________.

How many electoral votes are needed to win the presidency?

The need for free airtime is especially great for __________ candidates.

How did voters' perceptions of the economy affect the 2012 presidential election?

Entering politics in your early twenties and staying in politics until you retire is an example of careerism.

Elections help protect voters' rights.

Which of the following is a "wedge issue"?

If a candidate felt confident of being able to raise enough money for a campaign,he or she might choose not to accept __________ money from the Federal Elections Commission in order to maintain freedom to spend as much as desired.

Unlike presidential primary elections,general presidential elections focus on the __________.

The term retail politics refers to candidates' __________.

Politics is increasingly characterized by __________.

What is the first state to hold a presidential primary in an election year?

Knowing that the U.S.electorate was in a constant state of worry about the missile capability of the Soviet Union,what do you think were the impacts on the public of Lyndon Johnson's "Daisy Girl" ad?

Voters go to precincts and straw vote for the presidential nominee in which caucus state?

Congressional incumbents make full use of the __________ privilege to send self-promotional newsletters at taxpayers' expense.

Political ads that __________ appear to be the most effective way to swing the opinions of undecided voters.

If a traditionally conservative voter examines a candidate's past performance in office and decides to vote for a Democratic candidate rather than continuing to support the Republican candidate,what voting pattern does this exemplify?

Would elimination of the Electoral College change American elections? Would the change be positive?