- How do parties typically ensure the good performance of their candidates?
-They dictate how their candidate governs once he or she is in office.
-They make sure their candidates are of good character and are qualified for public office.
-They petition to have a representative removed from office if he or she does not follow the party line.
-They revoke a representative's campaign contributions if he or she supports issues the party does not.
- Read this quotation from remarks given by then-Senator Barack Obama in Springfield, Illinois. What was the purpose of this speech?
-To launch his campaign via self-announcement -To accept a nomination at his party's national convention
-To begin the nomination process by entering the race
-To call for his party's nomination at a state caucus
- What official becomes president if the president and vice president died at the same time?
-Chief Justice -President pro tempore of the Senate -Secretary of State -Speaker of the House of Representatives 4. Which statement expresses the point Senators McCain and Feingold are making in this quotation?
-Allowing unrestricted corporate money into federal elections means that candidates who receive that money are likely to be beholden to those corporate interests once in office.
-Forcing candidates to report their campaign contributions flies in the face of 100 years of American history and is a fundamental violation of an individual's privacy.
-Disallowing corporations from spending money on behalf of individual candidates is tantamount to restricting the free speech of those running and working for those corporations.
- Permitting organizations to raise large sums of money is the best way for the two major parties' national committees to offset the high cost of campaigns.
- What kind of primary does the following scenario describe?
A candidate competes in a state's presidential primary and wins 26 percent of the popular vote. Twenty-six percent of the state's delegates are officially pledged to vote for that candidate at the national party convention.
-Primary with winner-take all rules -Primary with proportional representation rules -Preference primary -Open primary 6. What is the only official role of the vice president?
-Lead the national committee on the president's party.
-Organize presidential commissions. -Preside over the Senate. -Vote in case of a tie in the Supreme Court. 7. What best describes a faithless elector? -An elector who cheated to become an elector. -An elector who fails to vote. -An elector who voted for a non-Christian. -An elector who does not vote for the person who won the state's popular vote.
- Who counts the Electoral College vote? -House of Representatives. -Senate. -State Legislatures. -Supreme Court. 9. Which is a constitutional qualification to be president?
-Collected educated. -Experience in another political field. -Military experience. -Natural-born citizen of the United States
-They make sure their candidates are of good character and are qualified for public office.
-They petition to have a representative removed from office if he or she does not follow the party line.
-They revoke a representative's campaign contributions if he or she supports issues the party does not.
-To begin the nomination process by entering the race
-To call for his party's nomination at a state caucus
-Allowing unrestricted corporate money into federal elections means that candidates who receive that money are likely to be beholden to those corporate interests once in office.
-Forcing candidates to report their campaign contributions flies in the face of 100 years of American history and is a fundamental violation of an individual's privacy.
-Disallowing corporations from spending money on behalf of individual candidates is tantamount to restricting the free speech of those running and working for those corporations.
-Primary with winner-take all rules -Primary with proportional representation rules -Preference primary -Open primary 6. What is the only official role of the vice president?
-Lead the national committee on the president's party.
-Organize presidential commissions. -Preside over the Senate. -Vote in case of a tie in the Supreme Court. 7. What best describes a faithless elector? -An elector who cheated to become an elector. -An elector who fails to vote. -An elector who voted for a non-Christian. -An elector who does not vote for the person who won the state's popular vote.