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Quiz:

Elections

and

Campaigns

Due

Aug

18

at

11:59pm

Points

30

Questions

30

Time

Limit

90

Minutes

Allowed

Attempts

2

Instructions

The

quiz:

e

Covers

the

Chapter

10

material

from

Module

8:

Week

8.

Contains

30

multiple-choice

Is

limited

to

60

minutes.

Allows

2

attempts

and

the

highest

attempt

will

count

towards

the

grade.

Is

worth

30

points.

This

quiz

is

open-book

and

open-notes.

Each

question

is

worth

1

point.

Submit

this

assignment

by

11:59

p.m.

(ET)

on

Friday

of

Module

8:

Week

8.

TAKE

THE

QUIZ

AGAIN

Attempt

History

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Attempt

Time

Score

LATEST

Attempt

1

90

minutes

29

out

of

30

(D)

Correct

answers

are

hidden.

Score

for

this

attempt:

29

out

of

30

Submitted

Aug

19

at

1:11am

This

attempt

took

90

minutes.

Question

1

1/1pts

Why

are

demographic

trends

in

partisan

support

important

for

candidates

to

understand?

It

can

inform

campaign

strategy,

including

which

groups

to

attempt

to

mobilize

through

campaign

appeals.

There

does

not

tend

to

be

fluctuations

in

a

group's

support

of

the

party,

so

it

informs

their

baseline

of

support

in

any

given

election.

Converting

the

other

side

is

easier

than

mobilizing

one's

own

base,

so

it

can

inform

who

to

convert

from

the

opposing

party's

supporters.

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It

does

not

necessarily

inform

the

candidate

since

the

patterns

seem

random.

It

helps

more

in

presidential

elections

than

in

congressional

or

state

campaigns.

Question

2

1/1pts

Soft

money

is

obtained

by

whom

or

what?

Political

parties

Incumbents

Challengers

Party

leaders

Party

leaders’

PACs

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Question

3

1/1pts

In

Federal

Election

Commission

v.

Wisconsin

Right

to

Life,

what

did

the

Supreme

Court

hold?

McCain-Feingold,

a

campaign

finance

law,

was

constitutional.

Issue

advocacy

was

not

protected

by

the

First

Amendment

and

could

be

banned.

Issue

advocacy

was

protected

by

the

First

Amendment

and

could

not

be

banned.

Speech

required

money,

so

campaign

finance

laws

were

illegal.

Candidates

could

not

spend

their

own

money

in

campaigns.

Question

4

1/1pts

Debates

have

the

most

influence

on

which

group?

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The

disengaged

The

uninformed

Strong

partisans

Undecided

voters

Third-party

voters

Question

5

1/1pts

The

campaign

finance

law

created

in

the

1970s

was

the

direct

byproduct

of

what?

The

Watergate

scandal

The

adoption

of

the

Twenty-Sixth

Amendment

Decreasing

voter

turnout

Wage

and

price

controls

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The

Chicago

riots

Question

6

1/1

pts

Most

demographic

groups

favor

one

party

or

the

other

by

about

what

percent?

25%

or

more

20%

15%

10%

5%

or

less

Question

7

1/1pts

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The

Supreme

Court

ruling

in

Citizens

United

v.

FEC

supports

which

of

the

following?

Corporations,

unions,

and

interest

groups

can

fund

campaign

advertising

without

limits

if

it

is

not

coordinated

with

a

campaign.

Restrictions

on

campaign

language

used

in

negative

advertising

about

other

candidates

Unrestricted

advertising

by,

for,

or

about

political

candidates

The

elimination

of

super

PACs

The

unrestricted

role

of

big

business

in

political

campaigns

and

candidate

advertising

Question

8

1/1pts

Historically,

what

patterns

have

emerged

regarding

women's

support

of

the

Democratic

Party?

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Women's

support

of

the

Democratic

Party

has

increased

since

the

1990s.

Women's

support

of

the

Democratic

Party

has

declined

since

the

1970s.

Women's

support

of

the

Democratic

Party

has

remained

very

high

over

time.

Women's

support

of

the

Democratic

Party

has

remained

very

low

over

a

long

time

period.

Women's

support

of

the

Democratic

Party

has

fluctuated

greatly

since

the

1990s.

Question

9

1/1

pts

Which

of

these

is

an

example

of

a

positional

issue?

Abortion

Growing

the

economy

Ethics

in

politics

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Trustworthiness

Prosperity

Question

10

1/1

pts

After

party

caucuses

were

replaced

by

national

nominating

conventions,

who

wielded

the

real

power

in

selecting

presidential

nominees?

The

voters

in

primary

elections

Local

party

leaders

Members

of

Congress

Nonpartisan

groups

that

sought

to

pick

the

best

candidates

The

voters

in

caucus

elections

Question

11

1/1pts

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From

what

source

does

most

of

the

money

for

congressional

candidates

come?

PACs

Major

corporations

Small

businesses

Super

PACs

Individuals

Question

12

1/1

pts

Which

of

the

following

statements

about

campaign

advertisements

is

true?

They

work

primarily

on

the

uninformed

and

uneducated.

They

appeal

primarily

to

logic

and

reason.

They

are

predominantly

dirty

and

deceptive.

They

rile

up

emotions

and

increase

voter

turnout.

A

plurality

of

ads

appeals

to

voters’

fears.

Question

19

1/1pts

Since

1911,

the

size

of

the

House

of

Representatives

has

been

fixed

at

how

many

members?

100

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217

400

435

437

Question

20

1/1pts

Which

of

the

following

states

holds

the

nation’s

first

and

most

famous

caucus

that

requires

people

to

attend

a

meeting

of

about

two

hours

in

which

they

indicate

their

preferences

and

then

try

to

convince

those

who

are

undecided

to

join

their

candidate’s

group?

Alaska

lowa

New

Hampshire

New

Mexico

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Carolina

Question

21

1/1

pts

What

differences

are

there

in

the

support

of

young

voters

and

African

American

voters

for

the

Democratic

Party?

Young

voters

have

consistently

and

overwhelmingly

supported

the

Democratic

Party,

while

African

American

voters'

support

has

changed

over

time.

Young

voters'

support

for

the

Democratic

Party has

recently

increased,

while

African

American

voters'

support

has

been

consistently

strong

over

recent

elections.

Young

voters

have

given

low

levels

of

support

to

the

Democratic

Party,

while

African

Americans

have

given

high

levels

of

support.

Young

voters

have

given

moderate

support

to

the

Democratic

Party,

while

African

American

support

for

Democrats

has

declined

in

recent

elections.

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Young

voters'

support

for

the

Democratic

Party

has

recently

decreased,

while

African

American

voters'

support

has

been

consistently

weak

over

recent

elections.

Question

22

1/1

pts

Which

of

the

following

best

describes

what

is

allowed

because

of

the

2010

Supreme

Court

decision

in

Citizens

United

v.

FEC?

Corporations,

unions, and

individuals

can

donate

unlimited

funds

to

presidential

campaigns.

Corporations,

unions,

and

individuals

can

donate

unlimited

funds

to

entities

that

are

independent

of

the

candidates.

Corporations,

unions, and

individuals

can

donate

unlimited

funds

to

political

parties.

Political

parties

can

create

special

funds

from

federal

monies

to

donate

to

candidates.

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Corporations,

unions, and individuals

can

donate

unlimited

funds

to

presidential

campaigns

as

well

as

to

entities

that

are

independent

of

the

candidates.

Question

23

1/1

pts

Which

of

the

following

best

describes

the

impact

the

2010

Citizens

United

decision

has

had

on

the

political

campaign

process?

It

allowed

corporate

entities

to

directly

coordinate

candidate

or

campaign

events.

It

opened

the

door

to

negative

campaigning

on

a

national

level.

It

allowed

corporate

entities

to

contribute

unlimited

amounts

to

support

or

oppose

candidates.

It

closed

the

door

to

super

PAC

involvement

in

political

campaigns.

It

restricted

the

contributions

of

corporate

or

international

donors.

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Question

24

1/1

pts

Electoral

coattails

refers

to

what?

The

formal

attire

of

presidential

candidates

Coordinated

campaigns

between

different

offices

in

the

same

party

Competition

between

the

two

main

parties

How

more

attractive

candidates

perform

better

in

national

elections

The

winning

presidential

candidate’s

positive

effect

on

congressional

elections

Question

25

1/1

pts

Why

may

debates

move

opinion

less

than

conventions?

Debates

generally

have

very

low

viewership.

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Debates

are

overly

negative.

Conventions

are

generally

later

in

the

election

season.

Debates

are

later

in

the

election

season,

and

voters

at

that

point

often

have

more

crystallized

opinions

about

the

candidates.

Conventions

are

generally

more

persuasive

than

debates.

Question

26

1/1

pts

Why

do

presidential

candidates

generally

see

a

positive

bump

in

polls

after

their

party's

convention?

The

convention

generally

gives

them

sustained,

one-sided

positive

coverage.

The

convention

is

generally

not

widely

viewed.

The

convention

provides

both

positive

and

negative

coverage

of

the

party's

nominee.

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The

convention

generally

leads

to

supporters

of

the

other

party

switching

their

allegiance.

The

convention

generally

leads

to

greater

polarization.

Question

27

1/1pts

Which

of

the

following

statements

about

the

role

of

elections

in

the

enactment

of

public

policy

is

true?

Elections

generally

do

not

result

in

shifts

in

public

policy.

Elections

always

result

in

massive

shifts

in

public

policy.

Elections

only

produced

changes

in

public

policy

prior

to

the

1960s.

Elections

result

in

changes

to

public

policy,

but

often

not

swift

or

quick

changes.

Elections

only

result

in

changes

to

policy

when

there

is

a

divided

government.

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Question

28

1/1

pts

How

does

income

shape

partisan

loyalty?

Those

in

the

bottom

third

of

income

earners

generally

support

the

Democratic

Party,

and

those

in

the

upper

third

generally

support

the

Republican

Party.

Those

in

the

bottom

third

of

income

earners

generally

support

the

Republican

Party,

and

those

in

the

upper

third

generally

support

the

Democratic

Party.

Income

generally

does

not

show

a

consistent

pattern

of

partisan

support

in

presidential

elections.

Those

in

the

upper

1%

tend

to

vote

for

Democrats.

Middle-income

voters

tend

to

support

Democrats,

and

the

low-income

and

wealthy support

the

Republicans.

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Question

29

1/1

pts

What

is

unlimited

money

given

to

political

parties

but

not

used

to

back

candidates

directly

called?

Hard

money

Soft

money

Issue

advocacy

PAC

money

Independent

expenditures

Question

30

1/1pts

The

Constitution

spells

out

in

detail

the

workings

of

which

institution

that

chooses

the

president?

Electoral

college

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Federal

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House

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Senate

State

legislatures

Quiz

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