What is the minimum number of years one has to be a citizen in order to run for Senator?
What is 9 years?
100
What act limited the amount spent on advertising and candidates own spending on their campaignes?
What is the Federal Election Campaign Act?
100
What group of people ultimatley selects the president?
Who are the electoral college
100
What is an organized group of individuals sharing common objectives who actively attempt to influence policymakers?
What is an interest group?
200
What job position do presidents, vice presidents, senators, and house representatives usually have prior to their election?
What are lawyers?
200
What act passed in 1939 prohibited a political group from spending more than $3 million and individual contributions to $5,000?
What is the Hatch Act?
200
What is the influence of a popular candidate on the electoral success of other canidates on the same party?
What is the coattail effect?
200
What has a huge impact on individuals that is usually bias and comes in forms of newspapers, television, magizines, and the radio?
What is the media?
300
What are the basic requirements in order to run for Vice President? (3)
What are must be a natural born citizen, have reached the age 35, cannot live in the same state as the president campaigning with?
300
What acts did Congress pass to limit and regulate political campaigns?
What is the Corrupt Practices Acts?
300
What is something that rigs the election and reguraly suspected but is seldomly proved?
What is vote fraud?
300
What is the effect produced when people purposley decide not to become informed on an issue beacause they believe their vote is not likely to be a deciding one?
What is the Rational Ignorance Effect?
400
What are the basic requirements to become president?
What are must be a natural born citizen, have reached the age 35, and have been a resident of the United States for at least 14 years prior to the time of inauguration?
400
The 1st Corupt Practice Act limited primary and general election expenses for who?
Who are congressional candidates?
400
What kind of secret ballot system does America use?
What is the Australian Ballot?
400
What four major factors influences voter turnout?
What is age, educational attainment, minority status, and income level?
500
Why are Presidential Primaries held?
What is to determine a party's presidential nominee?
500
Which court case limited the amount that each individual could spend on his or her own behalf?
What is Buckley vs. Valeo?
500
What are the requirementsto register to vote?
What are citzenship, reached the age of 18, residency?
500
What are the three devices that interest groups and corporations use to influence campaigns dealing with finacial aid?
What are political action committees, soft money, and issue advocacy advertising?