Chapter 9 - Nominations And Campaigns
AP US Government Pearson study guide review questions
- 1.A political party's official endorsement of a candidacy for office is called
- A.
A campaign
- B.
An election
- C.
A platform
- D.
A nomination
- 2.Which of the following is NOT a key element of campaign strategy?
- A.
Momentum
- B.
Money
- C.
Mediocrity
- D.
Media attention
- 3.The presidential campaign game
- A.
Lasts only a few weeks
- B.
Is limited to two contenders
- C.
Is not played by every politician
- D.
Is given scant media attention
- 4.Who sai, "The questiont is notw whether i can get elected. The question is whether I can be elected and not be nuts when I get there?"
- A.
George Romney
- B.
Walter Mondale
- C.
Richard Nixon
- D.
John Kerry
- 5.In most industrialized countries, campaigns last longer than in the United States.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.The number of roads to the national party convention is about
- A.
Two
- B.
50
- C.
100
- D.
2000
- 7.Delegates to the national party convention are determined by
- A.
A general election
- B.
Presidential primaries
- C.
State party caucuses
- D.
Both b. and c.
- 8.Once, all state parties selected their delegates to the national party convention in caucuses.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.***Which of the following characteristics is most associated with today's state caucuses?
- A.
A private meeting of party elites
- B.
Widespread participation
- C.
Little to no media attention
- D.
A pyramid selection process
- E.
No idea :(
- 10.In selecting delegates to the national party convention, most states use
- A.
Party bosses
- B.
Caucuses
- C.
Debates
- D.
Presidential primaries
- 11.The purpose of the McGovern-Fraser COmmission was to
- A.
Regenerate the Republican party organization
- B.
Conduct an investigation of the 1968 convention riots in Chicago
- C.
Draft reforms to increase the representativeness of the Democratic National Convention
- D.
Choose super delegates from among national party leaders.
- 12.Superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention
- A.
Consist of minority groups previously not represented
- B.
Help restore an element of peer review to the process
- C.
Were established by the McGovern-Fraser Commission
- D.
Are observers only, without a formal vote
- 13.The early caucuses and primaries get very little media attention relative to those later in the campaign
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Congress makes the laws determining the way in which primaries are set up and the delegates are allocated
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.The first presidential primary takes place in
- A.
Delaware
- B.
New Hampshire
- C.
Maine
- D.
Virginia
- 16.The Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary play a disproportionate role in
- A.
Building momentum
- B.
Generating money
- C.
Generating media attention
- D.
All the above
- 17.Runnin for the presidency is a full-time job
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.The percentage of voter who turn out for the presidential primaries is about
- A.
10%
- B.
20%
- C.
50%
- D.
60%
- 19.Voters in primaries and caucuses are highly representative of the electorate at large
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Presidential primaries are largely ignored by the media.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.Each of the following is an important function of the national party convention EXCEPT to
- A.
Nominate a candidate for president
- B.
Develop the party's policy positions
- C.
Select members of the electoral college
- D.
Get the campaign rolling
- 22.Most delegates to the national party convention are not committed to vote for a particular candidate
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.Television networks have substantially scaled back their coverage of national party conventions
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Which of the following is central to the success of a campaign
- A.
A campaign organization
- B.
Money
- C.
Media attention
- D.
All of the above
- 25.WHic of the following statements is FALSE?
- A.
Advertising and news coverage are central to media attention to campaigns
- B.
Most television advertising has little to do with salient campaign issues
- C.
Candidates have less control over news coverage than advertising
- D.
More political news has to do with campaign details than the policy positions of candidates
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