Campaign Unit

Question 1

4 Ms

Answer 1

Message
Money
Media
Make No Mistake

Question 2

Campaign Steps

Answer 2

1: Candidacy Announced
2. Campaign
3. Primary Elections
4. National Party Convention
5. National Election

Question 3

15th Ammendment

Answer 3

Can’t Discriminate based on race

Question 4

19th Amendment

Answer 4

Women’s Suffrage

Question 5

23rd Amendment

Answer 5

Gives D.C residents right to vote

Question 6

24th Amendment

Answer 6

Banishes Poll Taxes

Question 7

26th Amendment

Answer 7

Voting Age

Question 8

Reason for no voting: What are election procedures

Answer 8

Not understanding what to do or where to go

Question 9

Ballot Fatigue

Answer 9

Long ballot, tired of filling it out

Question 10

Cannot-Voters

Answer 10

Too young, felons, disabilities, weather, illegal immigrants

Question 11

What is lack of political efficacy

Answer 11

The lack of someone good to vote for

Question 12

Apathy

Answer 12

People don’t care enough to vote

Question 13

Straw Poll

Answer 13

Asking same questions to a large number of people and tallying based on total numbers

Question 14

Scientific Opinion Poll

Answer 14

Using Data

Question 15

Steps In Scientific Opinion Poll

Answer 15

Universe
Sample
Questions
Interviews
Analyze

Question 16

Benchmark Polls

Answer 16

Used at beginning to help design strategy

Question 17

Tracking Polls

Answer 17

Used to track changes and trends

Question 18

Exit Polls

Answer 18

Polls at voting station to help predict winner

Question 19

Push Polls

Answer 19

Negative campaigning masquerading

Question 20

12th Amendment

Answer 20

Separate Presidential and Vice Presidential elections

Question 21

20th Amendment

Answer 21

“Lame Duck” Presidential terms start on January 20th

Question 22

Total Electoral votes

Answer 22

538

Question 23

Total electoral votes to win

Answer 23

270

Question 24

How number of electoral votes is determined

Answer 24

US Senators + US Representatives

Question 25

Idaho Electoral Votes

Answer 25

4

Question 26

Balance The Ticket

Answer 26

President and Vice President’s strengths and weaknesses are balanced

Question 27

Watergate Scandal

Answer 27

People breaking in to Democratic headquarters with listening devices and information on donors and contributions

Question 28

Federal Election Commission

Answer 28

Regulates election contributions

Question 29

1976- Buckley v Valerie

Answer 29

Rules campaign contributions should be protected as free speech

Question 30

McCain-Feingold Act

Answer 30

Attempts to limit amounts of soft money and hard money both. However, parties and candidates found loopholes

Question 31

Small/Individual Donors are allowed to donate how much?

Answer 31

$2500

Question 32

What 2 stars always go first in primaries and caucus

Answer 32

Iowa, New Hampshire

Question 33

What is the Primary in Idaho? (Ex, semi-opened, opened, semi-closed, closed)

Answer 33

Closed

Question 34

Hard Money

Answer 34

Money given to those campaigning to help with their campaign

Question 35

Soft Money

Answer 35

a contribution to a political party that is not accounted as going to a particular candidate, thus avoiding various legal limitations.

Question 36

District Plan

Answer 36

Electors would be chosen in each state and DC in the same manner as the members of congress

Question 37

Battleground States

Answer 37

A state where the major political parties have similar levels of support among voters

Question 38

Proportional Plan

Answer 38

Each presidential candidate would receive the same share of a states electoral vote as s/he received in the states popular vote

Question 39

Citizens United Vs. Federal Election Commission

Answer 39

Supreme Court ruled the government may not ban independent political spending by cooperations, labor unions, and other organizations