Voting
Election
Electoral College
Campaigns
100
18
What is the voting age?
100
Voting that takes place before election day.
What is absentee voting?
100
California has this many electoral votes.
What is 55?
100
Money is absolute and necessary for...
What is campaigne spending?
200
Voting for fewer offices at the end of the ballot than the beginning.
What is ballot fatigue?
200
Occurs when strong candidate running for an office at the top of the ballot helps attract voters to other party candidates.
What is the coattail effect?
200
270
What is the number of electoral votes needed to win the election?
200
Used up to $2.5 billion in 2008.
What is the Presidential campaign?
300
Inconvenient registration requirements, long ballots/lines, Time-zone fallout, lack of interest.
What are factors affecting voter turnout?
300
Special interest groups who have an interest in particular elements of public policy.
What is political action committees?
300
7 electoral votes.
What is Oregon?
300
Depends on the office someone is running for.
What is amount of money spent?
400
People younger than 35
What age group is less likely to vote?
400
$2300 for primary general election. $5000 to PAC, $28,500 to political parties.
What are limits on contributions?
400
Chooses Electors.
What is registered voters?
400
Those who give random, smal amounts of money.
Who are small contributors?
500
80,000,000 citizens didn't do this in 2008.
What is vote?
500
November 5th
What is election day?
500
Two plus the number of congressional Representatives.
What is the number of electors in each state?
500
Actually contributes in small, random donations.
What is 10% of voting age?
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