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LO1 Discuss who runs for office and how
campaigns are managed.To be eligible to serve as president of the United
States, you must be:
a. a natural-born citizen, a resident of the
country for twenty-five years, and at least
forty-two years old.
b. a naturalized citizen, a resident of the
country for twenty-five years, and at least
thirty-five years old.
c. at least thirty-five years old, a natural-born
citizen, and a resident of the country for
fourteen years.LO2 Describe the current system of campaign
finance.Today, presidential candidates do not accept
matching public funds because:
a. candidates can raise far more outside of the
public system than they would receive if they
participated in it.
b. once candidates accept public funds for the
primaries, they must match public funds in a
ratio of two to one for the general elections.
c. public funds are no longer available.LO3 Summarize the process of choosing a
president of the United States.In an indirect primary:
a. voters decide party nominations by voting
directly for candidates.b. voters make no decisions directly about
convention delegates.
c. voters choose convention delegates, and
those delegates determine the party’s
candidate in the general election.LO4 Explain the mechanisms through which
voting takes place on Election Day, and discuss voter
turnout in the United States.In the United States today, all states use secret
ballots that are prepared, distributed, and
counted by government officials at public expense.
This system is called:
a. the Australian ballot.
b. the Massachusetts ballot.
c. the office-block ballot.LO5 Provide some of the reasons why people vote
in particular ways.Perhaps the two most important factors in
determining how voters cast their ballots are:
a. perception of the candidates and issue
preferences.
b. party identification and race.
c. level of education and gender.Essay Question:
Some have argued that limits on campaign spending
violate First Amendment guarantees of freedom
of speech. How strong is this argument? Can such
spending be seen as a form of protected expression?
Under what circumstances can contributions be
seen instead as a method of bribing elected officials?Answers to multiple-choice questions: 1. c, 2. a, 3. c, 4. a, 5. b.Access CourseMate at http://www.cengagebrain.com for additional study tools: practice quizzes,
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