Date:

            1.   direct primary

            2.   soft money

            3.   caucus

            4.   ballot

            5.   blanket primary

            6.   subsidy

            7.   absentee voting

            8.   hard money

9. The ____ occurs when a strong candidate running for an office at the top of a ballot helps attract voters to other candidates on the party's ticket.

 

10. In the ____, the two top vote getters in a direct primary face one another, with the winner receiving the nomination.

 

11. A ____ is where voters who live in a particular precinct actually go to vote.

 

12. A ____ is a party nominating election in which only declared party members are allowed to vote.

13. A(n) ____ is the naming of a candidate who will seek election for a public office.

 

14. The ____ is a party nominating election in which any qualified voter can participate.

 

15. A ____ is a special interest group that seeks to influence elections and affect public policy decisions.

 

16. Elections in which candidates are not identified by party labels are known as ____.

17. The nominating stage is important in the electoral process mostly because

 

18. Petitions to nominate candidates do what?

19. Why are voting machines used?

20. How are Voters are asked to complete election ballots?

21. Money is an indispensable campaign resource because

22. What impact do Campaign contributions make to a presidential candidate?

23. The oldest form of the nominating process in the United States is

24. A primary in which candidates are not labeled by party is known as a

25. The purpose of poll watchers is to

26. What are criticisms of the primary process?

27. What are PACs?

28. What is the FEC?

29. Give examples of what is not legal under the current federal presidential campaign financing laws?

30. What happens in a closed primary

31. The detailed provisions of federal election laws are important

32. The smallest geographic unit for conducting an election is a

33. Which of the following ballots tends to encourage straight-ticket voting?

34. The biggest drawback of the need for large amounts of money to campaign is that

35. The convention system at first seemed more representative of the party as a whole than the caucus because

36. What are examples of loopholes in the current federal election laws?

37. The Constitution gives the power to set the date for holding congressional elections to

38. On which ballot are candidates listed together under the title of the position they seek?

39. The most expensive item in a typical campaign budget is

40. What are the positive and negatives to voting machines?

41. What are the federal laws governing political campaign financing?

42. Give examples to how the Federal Election Commission enforces laws

43. The nominating process is particularly important in

44. The LEAST democratic method for nominating candidates is the

45. What had the MOST impact on the decline of the caucus in national politics?

46. Compared with the caucus and convention methods, the number of people who can participate in choosing candidates through the direct primary is

47. The Supreme Court’s 2000 ruling on California’s blanket primary found this form of primary to violate the rights of

48. People who tend to vote a straight ticket should be sure to vote in the primary election because

49. If a Republican candidate for governor is proving to be especially popular, which of the following is MOST likely to benefit?

50. For providing optimum security, the best voting device is considered by many to be

51. Just as the methods for nominating candidates became gradually more ______, so too did the methods for casting ballots.

52. What is the major motivation of contributors to political campaigns?

53. Laws governing campaign finance have become gradually

54. Suppose legislation prohibiting the sale of tobacco products is pending in Congress. Before the next congressional election, why might informed voters wish to access the campaign finance information gathered by the FEC?

55. Other than giving money directly to candidates, what other legal avenues do PACs have to influence elections?

56. In 2000, George W. Bush could legally spend more than the FEC limit of $40.5 million in the preconvention period because

 

57. A large percentage of the money spent on political campaigns during the 1980s and 1990s came from