A) Supreme Court appointments B) House of Representative elections C) State constitutional conventions D) Municipal school board elections only
A) 50 B) 100 C) 20 D) 33 or 34
A) Dark horses B) Coattails C) Incumbents D) Running mates
A) Special election years B) Presidential election years C) Midterm election years D) Off-year election years
A) Harry Truman B) Dwight Eisenhower C) Franklin Roosevelt D) John F. Kennedy
A) Ten B) Fifteen C) Three D) Five
A) Dwight Eisenhower B) Lyndon Johnson C) Ronald Reagan D) Barack Obama
A) Fourth Party System B) Second Party System C) Third Party System D) First Party System
A) Gilded Age B) Civil War C) Reconstruction D) Progressive Era
A) Sixth Party System B) Fifth Party System C) Third Party System D) Fourth Party System
A) Supreme Court Clerk B) The New York Times C) Congressional Budget Office D) FiveThirtyEight
A) Lyndon Johnson B) Ronald Reagan C) Harry Truman D) Barack Obama
A) Federalists vs Democratic-Republicans B) Republicans vs Democrats C) Whigs vs Democrats D) Federalists vs Whigs
A) 200 B) 50 C) 435 D) 100
A) Dwight Eisenhower B) Lyndon Johnson C) Ronald Reagan D) Harry Truman
A) To increase the number of political parties B) To create an effective path to victory for the candidate C) To eliminate the need for survey data D) To reduce the amount of money spent on advertising
A) To win every single vote in the election B) To mobilize supporters and persuade undecided voters C) To minimize the number of campaign staff D) To avoid using any media advertisements
A) Five B) Two C) Three D) Four
A) Personal door-to-door contact B) Email campaigns C) Telephone calls D) Broadcast television
A) Email communication B) Personal contact C) Telephone solicitation D) Broadcast television ads
A) Yes B) Yes, if the budget is high enough C) No D) Only in local elections
A) Hiring a professional PR firm B) Debating the opponent C) Increasing the number of campaign volunteers D) Allocating resources properly
A) Undecided voters B) Voters living abroad C) Opponent voters D) The candidate's voting base
A) Phone contact is more effective B) Personal contact is much more effective C) Email is more effective D) All three are equally effective
A) Focusing exclusively on the opponent's base B) Ignoring undecided voters to save money C) Trying to convert opponent voters D) Keeping the base and swinging undecided voters
A) Federal law B) International commissions C) The Supreme Court D) State law
A) The Electoral College B) The federal government C) The United Nations D) Individual states
A) Submit separate filings in each state B) Obtain approval from the federal government C) Submit one national filing D) Register only with the Electoral College
A) The Bill of Rights B) Individual state constitutions only C) The Declaration of Independence D) The U.S. Constitution
A) 19th Amendment B) 26th Amendment C) 1st Amendment D) 15th Amendment
A) Sex B) Age C) Religious belief D) Race
A) 15th Amendment B) 14th Amendment C) 26th Amendment D) 19th Amendment
A) State legislatures B) Local city councils C) The executive branch D) The federal Congress
A) Only for federal officials B) Yes C) No D) Only for primary elections
A) Convicted felons being banned from voting B) Requirement to own property C) Requirement to be a veteran D) Mandatory political party membership
A) The constitutional court B) The presidential candidate C) The federal government D) The individual state
A) Two B) One C) Three D) Four
A) 1824 B) 1800 C) 1888 D) 1876
A) Henry Clay B) Alexander Hamilton C) John Quincy Adams D) John Calhoun
A) John Quincy Adams B) Andrew Jackson C) John Calhoun D) Henry Clay
A) Aaron Burr B) Andrew Jackson C) Henry Clay D) John Quincy Adams
A) About 91 percent B) About 100 percent C) About 75 percent D) About 50 percent
A) A corrupt bargain B) A political compromise C) An electoral fraud D) A legislative mandate
A) 2000 B) 1820 C) 1876 D) 1888
A) Separately B) By a random selection process C) By the House of Representatives D) Together
A) 250 B) 290 C) 270 D) 538
A) February 1 B) January 1 C) January 20 D) January 15
A) In the House of Representatives B) At the White House C) At their state's capital D) In Washington, D.C.
A) 1800 B) 1824 C) 2000 D) 1876
A) 435 B) 500 C) 100 D) 538
A) The Electoral College B) The House of Representatives C) The Supreme Court D) The Senate
A) Four B) Five C) Two D) Six
A) Article I, Section 2 B) Article II, Section 1 C) Article IV, Section 2 D) Article III, Section 1
A) Three B) Two C) Zero D) One
A) Virginia B) South Carolina C) Colorado D) Maryland
A) 1876 B) 1824 C) 1872 D) 1840
A) 24 B) 16 C) 5 D) 18
A) 1872 B) 1824 C) 1876 D) 1840
A) 1887 B) 1920 C) 1876 D) 1933
A) Resolving controversies over elector selection B) The date the electoral college meets C) The deadline for voting in the election D) The date the president takes office
A) March 4th B) January 20th C) November 4th D) December 20th
A) Congressional session B) Safe harbor period C) Lame duck period D) Transition window
A) Thomas Jefferson B) George Washington C) Ross Perot D) John Adams
A) Theodore Roosevelt B) George Wallace C) Hubert Humphrey D) Ross Perot
A) Electoral College B) Congressional Caucus C) National Convention D) State Legislatures
A) New York B) Oregon C) Wisconsin D) Florida
A) Florida B) California C) Wisconsin D) Oregon
A) George Wallace B) Hubert Humphrey C) George McGovern D) Ross Perot
A) Dual citizen B) Naturalized citizen C) Permanent resident D) Natural-born citizen
A) The day of the nomination B) Inauguration Day C) The day of the primary D) Election Day
A) Election cabinets B) Political parties C) Financial boards D) Exploratory committees
A) State governments B) The political parties C) Local municipalities D) The Electoral College
A) Texas B) New Hampshire C) California D) Iowa
A) New Hampshire B) Iowa C) Florida D) New York
A) Convention chairs B) Party officials C) Superdelegates D) Constitutional electors
A) Ballot access B) Candidate nomination C) Electoral certification D) Voter registration
A) By paying a fee B) By running in the primary C) By securing enough signatures D) By being appointed by the state
A) American Samoa B) U.S. Virgin Islands C) Guam D) Puerto Rico
A) November 8 B) November 1 C) November 15 D) November 30
A) Proportional representation B) Winner-take-all C) Direct popular vote D) Ranked choice voting
A) The Chief Justice B) The sitting vice president C) The president D) The Speaker of the House
A) Nominee-elect B) Presumptive president C) President-elect D) Candidate-elect
A) Donald Trump B) Ulysses S. Grant C) Dwight D. Eisenhower D) Herbert Hoover
A) Fifteen B) Six C) Nine D) Twenty-two
A) Andrew Johnson B) Millard Fillmore C) Chester A. Arthur D) Gerald Ford
A) Military officer B) Lawyer C) Governor D) Cabinet Secretary
A) Sixteen B) Twenty-six C) Eight D) Twenty-two
A) Twenty-six B) Sixteen C) Fifteen D) Eighteen
A) James A. Garfield B) Barack Obama C) John F. Kennedy D) Warren G. Harding
A) Andrew Johnson B) William Howard Taft C) Herbert Hoover D) John Quincy Adams
A) 2004 B) 1992 C) 2000 D) 1996
A) Priming B) Broadcasting C) Trending D) E-campaigning
A) Make America Great Again B) The future of the country C) Read my lips D) Morning in America
A) Read my lips B) Revolving Door C) Daisy D) Morning in America
A) Voter turnout increases in safe states B) The popular vote becomes the only factor C) Candidates ignore nationwide campaign efforts D) Third parties receive more funding
A) James Madison B) Thomas Jefferson C) Samuel F. Vinton D) Abraham Lincoln
A) The House Plan B) National Popular Vote Interstate Compact C) The Every Vote Counts Amendment D) The Vinton Amendment
A) The House Plan B) The Proportional Plan C) The Automatic Plan D) The District System
A) They have easily won a second term B) They are impeached immediately C) They have lost the election D) They retire from politics
A) 50.0% B) 60.1% C) 61.7% D) 68.5% |