Chapt 7 Sect 3 Money And The Election Process

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Large amonts of money are spent on _________ during a political campaign

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television time

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A _______ is open to all members of a party.

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caucus

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Write in candidates use the nominating process of ________.

Back 3

self-announcement

Front 4

Most recent method of selecting candidates for office is the _________.

Back 4

direct primary

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nominating process

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1) It is a function performed almost entirely by political parties 2) It is done through a variety of methods that have changed over time 3) It is an important cause of decentralization in American political parties

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PAC

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(Political Action Committees)
non-party groups; political arms of special interests groups that have a major stake in public policy

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FECA

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(Federal Election Campaign Act); Laws to regulate the use of money in a presidential and congressional campaign.

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It is the responsibility of the _________ to keep records of all significant campaign contributions for federal office.

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FEC

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FEC

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Federal Election Committee

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Any contribution or loan of more than ________ must be identified by source and date.

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$200.00

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Any contribution of more than ________ must be reported to the FEC no later than 48 hours after it is received.

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$5,000.00

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_______ nor _________ can themselves make contributions to federal candidates.

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Corporations, labor unions

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Limits on campaign contrbutions have been imposed in order to curb the political influence of ____________ who are able to donate large amounts of money.

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wealthy persons

Front 14

What is the role of the FEC?

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1) It is an independent agency in the executive branch
2) Administers federal law dealing with campaign finance
3) Places limits on campaign expenditures and contributions

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Major source of campaign monies in American politics is______.

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private contributions

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A political action committee is a ________.

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non-party political group that works to affect public policy.

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The laws limit a person's TOTAL contributions to federal candidates and committees to no more than ________ in one year.

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$1,000

Front 18

The PAC _____________.

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1) raises funds for presdiential and congressional campaigns
2) have been generally increasing in number in recent years.
3) can give no more than $5,000 to any one federal candidate

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One of the biggest drawbacks of the need for money to campaign for office is that ___________.

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people who cannot get the money are denied a chance to be elected.

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An indispensible campaign resource such as money, __________.

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it allows candidates to make themselves known to the public.

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Nominating stage is important in the electoral process mostly because __________.

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nominations set real limits to the choices voters can make

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The caucus was replaced by the convention mainly because ________.

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the caucus limited participation of party members.

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An open primary lets _________.

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all qualified voters may vote

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Petitions to nominate candidates ____________.

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are standarized by law.

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Three arguments for the closed primary are___________.

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1) prevents one party from raiding the other's primary
2)helps make candidates more responsive to the party,its platform, and its members
3) it helps make voters more thoughtful

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A primary in which candidates are not labeled by party is known as _______________.

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nonpartisan primary

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Nomination by petition is used most commonly __________.

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at the local level.

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A runoff primary can occur in some states______________.

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after one direct primary has taken place.

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Most election laws are passed at the ______ level.

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state

Front 30

The Constitution gives power to set the date for holding Congressional elections to _________.

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Congress

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In 1996 there was ______ spent on the presidential campaign.

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$5 billion

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Public subsidies of election campaigns __________.

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limit the spending of candidates on their total campaign spending

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The growth of minor parties has been encouraged by _________.

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public subsidies