PSCI Chapter 11 Elections and Campaigns Test Questions with Correct Answers
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PSCI Chapter 11 Elections and Campaigns Test Questions with Correct Answers
What is the first step in winning the presidency? - Answer-winning the most party delegates to support your nomination
What distinguishes a closed primary system from an open primary system? - Answer-In a closed prima...
PSCI Chapter 11 Elections
and Campaigns Test
Questions with Correct
Answers
What is the first step in winning the presidency? - Answer-winning the most party
delegates to support your nomination
What distinguishes a closed primary system from an open primary system? - Answer-In
a closed primary, voters may only vote on the ballot for the party with which they are
registered.
Which of the following statements about caucuses is true? - Answer-Party members
attending caucuses often will hear speeches and engage in discussions and
negotiations.
What is the main goal of frontloading in the electoral process? - Answer-exerting more
influence over the selection of party presidential nominees
Which two states traditionally hold the first caucus and primary of the presidential
nomination season? - Answer-Iowa and New Hampshire
why do the parties hold national conventions during presidential election years? Choose
the BEST answer - Answer-to establish a party platform and attract media attention to
the party and its candidates
The Electoral College was established in which of the following? - Answer-Article II,
section 1 of the Constitution
What determines the number of electors each state receives? - Answer-the number of
U.S. senators and representatives from the state
Which of the following does not use a winner-take-all system to determine which party's
slate of electors will participate in the Electoral College? - Answer-Maine
, Which of the following is considered an advantage of using the Electoral College system
to select the president? - Answer-It preserves federalism as the Founders envisioned it.
How many Electoral College votes must a candidate secure in order to win the
presidency? - Answer-at least 270
Which of the following is considered a disadvantage of using the Electoral College
system to select the president? - Answer-It makes it possible for a candidate to lose the
popular vote, but still win the presidency.
Battleground states in the 2016 presidential election which of the following? - Answer-
Virginia
What is the Electoral College? - Answer-a group of people appointed by each state who
formally elect the president and vice president of the United States
Which of the following explains why there are 538 members of the Electoral College? -
Answer-There is one electoral for each of the 435 members of the House and 100
members of the Senate, along with three more for the District of Columbia's
congressional delegation.
Why does a presidential candidate need 270 votes in order to win an election? -
Answer-The minimum number required to win a simple majority of the votes in the
Electoral College is 270.
What determines the number of electors that each state receives? - Answer-the number
of members of Congress the state has, which is partially based on its population
In 2000, how was George W. Bush able to win a majority in the Electoral College when
Al Gore won the national popular vote? - Answer-Bush was able to win a majority in
enough states to reach the required number of electoral votes to win, but he won by
small margins in those states.
Why do so many presidential candidates want to win states like Texas, Florida, and
New York? - Answer-They have large numbers of electoral votes and thus a greater
effect on the outcome of an election compared with other states.
Based on the above map of partisan consistency from 2000-2016, which of the following
might be considered a swing state? - Answer-Pennsylvania
Imagine that you're a presidential candidate from the Republican Party and have to
choose one state on which to focus your campaign energy during the last week leading
up to the election. Of the following five states, which would be the BEST choice if your
goal is to have the biggest impact on the outcome of the election? - Answer-Florida (29
electoral votes, went Republican in two of the last four elections and Democratic in the
other two)
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