Magleby 7

Question 1

Local and judicial elections in most states are _____, which means that no political affiliation is indicated

Answer 1

Nonpartisan

Question 2

In states wiht an _____, any voter, regardless of party, can participate in the primary of whichever party he or she chooses

Answer 2

Open primary

Question 3

What kind of primary permitted voters to vote for a candidate of one party for one office and for a candidate from another party for another office

Answer 3

Blanket primary

Question 4

During the 1830’s and 1840’s a new system was instituted in which delegates chosen directly by party members in towns and cities were assigned the task of selecting party candidates. They debated and adopted a platform, and built party spirit by celebrating noisily. This system is called a

Answer 4

Party convention

Question 5

A parliamentary system usually has a head of state and a

Answer 5

Prime minister

Question 6

Candidates are selected by their parties largely because of

Answer 6

Personal appeal

Question 7

Within _____ of the ratification of the Constitution, political parties had emerged in America

Answer 7

Decade

Question 8

When Andrew Jackson lost the election of 1824 he responded by

Answer 8

Engaging in Democratic party building activities

Question 9

The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1913, marked the first time that the US Senators were

Answer 9

Popularly elected

Question 10

The central issue on which the Republicans and Democrats disagreed in the New Deal era was the role the government should play in

Answer 10

Society

Question 11

The supreme authority in both major parties is

Answer 11

National party convention

Question 12

Members of congressional majority party always control

Answer 12

The chairships of all standing committees

Question 13

Required by some states when one registers to vote, _____ is the act of declaring party affiliation

Answer 13

Party registration

Question 14

Party registration is accomplished at the

Answer 14

State level

Question 15

Party members who follow a particular candidate, and who see the party as the means to place their candidate in power, are termed

Answer 15

Candidate activists

Question 16

When people abandon political parties to become Independents, it is called

Answer 16

Dealignment

Question 17

With the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign reform Act in effect

Answer 17

Soft money contributions to national committees are banned

Question 18

In 2002 all parties combined raised how much soft money?

Answer 18

500 million

Question 19

The restriction of soft money led to a surge of what kind of contributions?

Answer 19

Individual

Question 20

Television, radio, the Internet, and telephones have

Answer 20

Strengthen the role of candidates and lessened the role of parties

Question 21

Reform in the Democratic Party included the institution of a system of

Answer 21

Proportionality

Question 22

An election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins is called

Answer 22

Winner Take All

Question 23

An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official is known as

Answer 23

A single member district

Question 24

All states EXCEPT __ and __ award all of their electoral college votes to the winner of the popular vote in their states

Answer 24

Maine, Nebraska

Question 25

On how many elections has the winner of the popular vote NOT become president?

Answer 25

4

Question 26

Figure 9-1 in your book demonstrates

Answer 26

A large majority of house seats are not competitive

Question 27

In all of the midterm elections between 1934 and 1998

Answer 27

The party controlling the White House lost seats in the House of Reps

Question 28

In which midterm elections did the presidents party gain seats?

Answer 28

1998, 2002

Question 29

According to your text, the first step for would-be challengers in House elections is to

Answer 29

Collect financial contributions

Question 30

The reelection rate of House incumbents

Answer 30

Is typically over 80%

Question 31

Presidential primaries, particularly Republican primaries, have two main features- the actual voting for delegates pledged to a candidate and

Answer 31

A "beauty contest"

Question 32

When states move their primary dates up in the calendar it is called

Answer 32

Front loading

Question 33

The method of choosing delegates used by the state of Iowa is a

Answer 33

Caucus

Question 34

The "America's Changing Face" box in this chapter shows that since 1968, delegates to the Democratic national Convention

Answer 34

Have included a higher percentage of women

Question 35

Presidential candidates are officially nominated by

Answer 35

National party conventions

Question 36

To be included in presidential debates, candidates must have an average of __% or higher in the five major polls identified by the Commission on Presidential Debates

Answer 36

15

Question 37

Money spent on issue advocacy ads is

Answer 37

Unlimited

Question 38

According to congressional scholar Gary Jacobson, the coattail effect is

Answer 38

"Erratic and usually modest"

Question 39

In the 2010 election

Answer 39

Democrats lost seats in both the House and Senate

Question 40

Ads that typically attack a candidate, but allow the sponsor to avoid disclosure and contribution limitations because the ads do not use electioneering language, such as "vote for" or "vote against' a specific candidate, are classified as

Answer 40

Issue advocacy

Question 41

Money spent by individuals or groups NOT associated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office is known as

Answer 41

Independent expenditures

Question 42

An alternate new primary system that might bring more coherence to the process and encourage more emphasis on issues of regional concern is

Answer 42

Regional primaries

Question 43

Presidential candidates are officially nominated by

Answer 43

National party conventions

Question 44

Money spent on issue advocacy ads is

Answer 44

Unlimited

Question 45

Exclusive party systems

Answer 45

Control all policy making

Question 46

Which of the following is not an outcome of interest aggregation?

Answer 46

The loss in authority of interest groups

Question 47

Which of the following is NOT a trend in party aggregation?

Answer 47

The increase of ideology in party

Question 48

Political parties are important interest aggregators in

Answer 48

Both democratic and non democratic systems

Question 49

Interest aggregation in authoritarian party systems is constrained by all of the following EXCEPT

Answer 49

None of the above

Question 50

All of the following statements concerning elections are true EXCEPT

Answer 50

Elections guarantee a democratic government

Question 51

All of the following are true about "first past the post" systems EXCEPT

Answer 51

It is most often used in Europe

Question 52

Conflictual party systems can lead to all of the following except

Answer 52

Uncontested policy

Question 53

Institutions that aggregate interests include all of the following EXCEPT

Answer 53

Media sources

Question 54

In multiparty systems, elections generally yield

Answer 54

Coalition governments

Question 55

In authoritarian systems, interest aggregation

Answer 55

Take place within the ranks of the party