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Ch. 7-9 Campaigns, Media, Interest Groups
Ch. 7-9 Campaigns, Media, Interest Groups
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An election victory thatis seen as an order from the voters to carry out a candidate’s agenda
Statistical tie
Mandate
Margin of error
Landslide
2
How much money can an individualgive a campaign during the fall election?
$3300
$1000
$5000
unlimited
3
What type of sample do you wantfor a poll, so everyone has an equal chance of being selected?
Straw
At least 50,000
Random
Unaffiliated
4
What propaganda technique is usedwhen a two unrelated events are linked?
Transfer
Glittering Generality
Fallacy
Card-stacking
5
What kind of primary do we use in Virginia?
open
closed
neither; Va. uses a caucus
6
What propaganda technique is used with a positive but meaningless statement?
Glittering generality
Plain Folks
Testimonial
Transfer
7
What is “an election within aparty to nominate a candidate?”
straw poll
primary
general election
caucus
8
Iowa uses these meetings of party activists to nominate presidential candidates.
caucuses
conventions
primaries
general elections
9
A ballot printed by the government that listsall candidates and which is cast secretly is
a French ballot
an Australian ballot
the type of ballot invented in America
a British ballot
10
Which 1
st
-amendment freedom is at issue when limiting campaign finance spending?
press
assembly
religion
speech
11
What is the term for the group ofpeople questioned in a poll?
Test subjects
Group
Sample
Field
12
What is an attempt to influencelegislation?
Polling
Lobbying
Voting
Picketing
13
Name the most prominent gun rightsinterest group.
NGRA
NBC
NRA
NGA
14
What % of the vote must a3
rd
-party presidential candidate get to receive federal funding?
5%
1%
10%
15%
15
If Reagan is such a popular candidate that voters vote for other Republicans on the ballot
he has the "coat-tail" effect
he's inspiring split-ticket voting
he has the "landslide effect"
this effect has never been seen before
16
On ballots in Virginia, how are candidates listed?
Party-column
Office-group
With Republicans always first
In alphabetical order
17
What is the most democratic way tonominate candidates?
Primary
Convention
Caucus
Self-announcement
18
Name a prominent pro-choiceinterest group.
Both A and B
Neither A nor B
NARAL
Planned Parenthood
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What propaganda technique is usedwhen a list of positive items about the candidate is shown?
Glittering Generality
Fallacy
Transfer
Card-stacking
20
What propaganda technique is anendorsement?
Fallacy
Testimonial
Plain Folks
Bandwagon
21
What type of unlimited donations, which used to go to parties, was banned by McCain-Feingold?
PAC money
soft money
dark money
hard money
22
Name the fund-raising groups that are known as "dark money" because the donations are anonymous.
401(k)s
PACs
SuperPACs
501(c)4s
23
How much money can a PAC give acampaign in the fall election?
$2000
$1000
$5000
unlimited
24
What is the ideal number of people for anaccurate and affordable poll?
1000
5000
250
10,000
25
What propaganda technique is usedwhen the candidate is shown with an emotional symbol?
Glittering Generality
Transfer
Fallacy
Cardstacking
26
What type of poll questions a large amount of people without worrying if it isrepresentative?
Straw
Stratified
Random
Algorithim
27
What propaganda technique is usedwhen the candidate attempts to look like an average American?
Glittering Generality
Fallacy
Transfer
Plain Folks
28
Name a senator responsiblefor the 2002 campaign finance reform.
McCain
Nixon
Dukakis
Kerry
29
Name the largest teachers’ union.
National PTA
National School Board Association
National Teachers' Union
National Education Association
30
This type of mass meeting is used to formally nominate presidential candidates.
conference
convention
caucus
primary
31
What type of propaganda stresses the popularity of the candidate?
Fallacy
Plain Folks
Transfer
Bandwagon
32
What was wrong with the 1936Literary Digest poll that predicted a loss for FDR?
Polled only wealthy people
Polled too randomly
Polled too few people
Polled too close to the election
33
What third-party presidential candidate used self-announcement to launch his campaign in 1992?
Carl Loser
John Anderson
Ralph Nader
Ross Perot