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electoral process - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 34 times
- The average score is 19 of 46
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| _ party system | 2 | 87%
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| naming those who will run for office. | nomination | 73%
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| 2.grp who meets to select a candidate they will all support.(Many oppose b/c of unrepresentative character.) | caucus | 60%
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| voting district( smallest) | Precinct: | 60%
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| their are _ types | 5 | 53%
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| device used to cast a choice | ballot | 53%
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| Party election🡪any qualified voter can take part. | open primary | 53%
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| 1.Oldest form (colonial)🡪 now used in small/rural
towns.
Person announces they want to run.(type of nomination) | self announcement | 53%
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| Replace all lever operated/punch voting devices by ____ | 2006 | 47%
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| _ basic laws | 4 | 47%
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| Help ____ _____ Act (2002) | Americans vote | 47%
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| printed by public, lists candidate names, given out at polls to voters, markedin secret.(used by the usa) | Australian | 47%
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| long ballots | bedsheet | 47%
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| “Wide-open primary”🡪 found unconstitutional | blanket primary | 47%
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| Party election🡪 only party members can vote.(27 states) | closed primary | 47%
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| strong candidate at the top helps attract voters to those at bottom of ballot | coattail | 47%
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| 3.-replaced caucus method, soon replaced by direct primary, series of delegates | convention | 47%
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| federal Set date for congressional elections: 1s Tuesday foll. 1st Monday in _____. of everyeven-num. yr. 🡪 same for Pres. Elections | November | 47%
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| candidates for an office are grp together | office group | 47%
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| place where those who live in a precinct actually vote. | Polling place | 47%
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| required the use of _____ ballots | secret | 47%
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| 1974🡪 _ members appoint. by Pres. | 6 | 40%
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| _____ Camp. Reform Act 2002. | Bipartisan | 40%
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| before election to increase voter turnout | early voting | 40%
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| administers all fed. laws dealing w/ campaign finance. | FEC | 40%
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| money raised and spent to elect cand. for Congress and Pres.🡪Regulated by the FEC | hard money | 40%
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| help prepare for an election/not cast | sample | 40%
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| funds given to party organ. for “party-building activities.”🡪 major loophole | soft money | 40%
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| those unable to vote at a reg. polling place. | absentee voting | 33%
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| voters make final selection of officeholders. | General Elections | 33%
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| “More loophole than law.” who said this | LBJ | 33%
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| listed under party name: encourages straight ticket voting | Party-column | 33%
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| 5. nomination by petitions signed by required # of voters. | petitions | 33%
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| _____ voting: challenged voters votes can count later found legal | Provisional | 33%
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| Centralize and computerize voter ______systems | registration | 33%
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| if a majority of the votes are not acquired, top 2 vote-getters face off and voters vote | Runoff primary | 33%
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| ____ regulate voting | states | 33%
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| ______ require. | disclosure | 27%
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| 1907🡪 illegal for corp.’s and ____ ____ to make money contributions for fed. office. | national bank | 27%
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| candidates are not identified with party labels. Winner runs unopposed in gen.election unless write-in. | Non partisan Primary | 27%
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| “Money is ____” | speech | 27%
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| ban soft-money contrib.🡪 but other indep. pol grps. still contribute (not restricted under law) | Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: | 20%
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| Limits on _______ | contributions | 20%
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| 4. -Held within party to choose party’s
candidate for gen. election.
-Most states use this method. | Direct Primary Method: | 20%
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| Limits on ____ (spending) | Expenditures | 20%
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| ____(1971)🡪 amdts. ’74 & ’76, | FECA | 20%
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