Answer: winner-take-all
Test Bank Item Title: TB_Q8.4.79
Topic: Running for President
Learning Objective: LO 8.4: Describe the stages in U.S.
presidential elections and the diferences in elections at each
stage.
Page Reference: 241
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
80. The outcome of the contest between George Bush and Al Gore
was ultimately determined by the __________.
Topic: Running for President
Learning Objective: LO 8.4: Describe the stages in U.S.
presidential elections and the diferences in elections at each
stage.
Page Reference: 248
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
81. In the 2010 midterm elections, the __________ party won a net
gain of 6 Senate seats and 64 House seats.
Topic: Running for Congress
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Explain how congressional
elections work and why they are generally not competitive.
Page Reference: 235
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
82. A __________ is a presidential elector who does not vote for his or
her state’s
popular vote winner.
Topic: Elections: The Rules of the Game
Learning Objective: LO 8.1: Assess the implications of election
rules in the United States.
Page Reference: 230
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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Diiculty Level: Easy
83. In a(n) __________ system, political parties secure legislative
seats and power according to the number of votes they receive
in the election.
Topic: Elections: The Rules of the Game
Learning Objective: LO 8.1: Assess the implications of election
rules in the United States.
Page Reference: 229
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
84. __________ is the process of drawing districts in ways that
enhance party control and incumbent reelection.
Topic: Running for Congress
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Explain how congressional
elections work and why they are generally not competitive.
Page Reference: 234
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
85. Delegates to the national party conventions decide on the
__________, a statement of party perspectives on public policy.
Topic: Running for President
Learning Objective: LO 8.4: Describe the stages in U.S.
presidential elections and the diferences in elections at each
stage.
Page Reference: 244
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Diiculty Level: Easy
86. The Supreme Court’s 1976 __________ decision overturned
several of FECA’s provisions on grounds that they violated
freedom of speech.
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Topic: Money in U.S. Elections
Learning Objective: LO 8.5: Evaluate the inluence of money
in American elections and the main approaches to campaign
inance reform.
Page Reference: 249
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
87. Proposals that suggest popular election usually provide that, if
no candidate receives at least 40 percent of the total popular
vote, a(n) __________ would be held between the two contenders
with the most votes.
Topic: Improving Elections
Learning Objective: LO 8.6: Assess concerns regarding
presidential elections and reforms that have been proposed.
Page Reference: 259
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
88. If you were running for Congress in the same year a president
from your party was running, you would not necessarily be able
to rely on the __________ to win your own seat.
Topic: Running for Congress
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Explain how congressional
elections work and why they are generally not competitive.
Page Reference: 235
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
89. As a candidate for the __________ Party, you would expect to
receive a number of delegates proportional to the number of
votes you won in a primary.
Topic: Running for President
Learning Objective: LO 8.4: Describe the stages in U.S.
presidential elections and the diferences in elections at each
stage.
Page Reference: 241
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Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
90. If you were a CEO and wanted to use your corporate funds to
support a candidate, you would be able to donate unlimited
amounts to a(n) __________.
Topic: Money in U.S. Elections
Learning Objective: LO 8.5: Evaluate the inluence of money
in American elections and the main approaches to campaign
inance reform.
Page Reference: 253
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
Short Answer Questions
91. What are term limits? How do term limits impact national
government?
1. Deine term limit. This may include both ixed term (the
length of a term in oice is speciied) and term limit (a
limited number of terms that a politician can run for
oice).
2. Discuss ways that term limits change how members of
Congress, voters, the media, or others view oiceholder
when they have reached the end of their term limits. This
may include a discussion about lame ducks.
Topic: Elections: The Rules of the Game
Learning Objective: LO 8.1: Assess the implications of election
rules in the United States.
Page Reference: 229
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
92. How can the actions of poll workers afect a voter’s experience
in an election?
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1. Highlight that poll workers are citizens who volunteer
to work during elections.
2. Discuss relevant ways that poll workers afect voter
experience, including security, eiciency, and the overall
environment of polling locations. This may also include
discussions about voter ID laws, ballot-counting
controversies, and technology.
Topic: Counting Votes
Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Identify problems associated with
administering elections and evaluate proposed solutions to
those problems.
Page Reference: 233
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
93. Describe two early steps a candidate must take when running
for Congress.
1. Highlight the irst two early steps for running: (1)
raising money and (2) building a personal organization.
2. Discuss the role of both of these steps in campaigning
in primary elections.
Topic: Running for Congress
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Explain how congressional
elections work and why they are generally not competitive.
Page Reference: 238
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
94. What is the “invisible primary,” and what do candidates do
during this period?
1. Deine “invisible primary” as the period during
campaigning when a candidate lines up supporters and
states before declaring his or her candidacy in an oicial
election.
2. Discuss the importance of invisible primaries for
candidates.
Topic: Running for President
Learning Objective: LO 8.4: Describe the stages in U.S.
presidential elections and the diferences in elections at each
stage.
Page Reference: 240
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
95. What steps did the Democratic Party take to ensure more
diversity among delegates to conventions?
1. Highlight that the Democratic Party formed the
Democratic Party Reform Commission, which reformed
the process for selecting its delegates.
2. Explain why this diversiied the delegates, including
discussion about increasing the number of states holding
presidential primaries.
Topic: Running for President
Learning Objective: LO 8.4: Describe the stages in U.S.
presidential elections and the diferences in elections at each
stage.
Page Reference: 246
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Diiculty Level: Moderate
96. Under what circumstances would it be possible for the president
to be of one party and the vice president of the other party?
1. Explain the circumstance: if a majority Electoral
College vote is not achieved and the congressional House
and Senate are controlled by diferent parties, then it is
possible for the president and vice president to be chosen
from diferent parties.
2. Discuss how the Electoral College works and/or the
signiicance of the Electoral College majority vote.
Topic: Elections: The Rules of the Game
Learning Objective: LO 8.1: Assess the implications of election
rules in the United States.
Page Reference: 230 – 231
273
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
97. If you were in charge of acquiring a new voting technology for
your county, what reasons would you advance for replacing
touchscreen devices with paper ballots?
1. Highlight that some paper ballots can be optically
scanned by machines, which costs less than touchscreen
devices, and paper ballots are easier to recount.
2. Discuss the signiicance of choosing voting technology
for accuracy, eiciency, costs, and/or voter experience.
Topic: Counting Votes
Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Identify problems associated with
administering elections and evaluate proposed solutions to
those problems.
Page Reference: 232
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
98. You are a campaign manager for a challenger to a House seat.
How important would candidate appeal be, and how would you
build it for your candidate?
1. Deine candidate appeal as the strengths and
weaknesses of the candidates and their backgrounds,
experience, and visibility.
2. Highlight and discuss ways that candidate appeal can
be increased in a positive direction, such as increasing
visibility.
Topic: Running for Congress
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Explain how congressional
elections work and why they are generally not competitive.
Page Reference: 236
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Diiculty Level: Diicult
99. If you were a Democrat running for president, what rationale
would you advance for skipping the Iowa caucuses and
concentrating your time and money in New Hampshire?