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Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election despite having

lost the popular vote.

In which region of the United States did Donald Trump get the most electoral support?

the South

What was the largest state Donald Trump won in 2016?

Texas

Which income group had the highest percentage of donations to a political campaign in 2012?

$80k+

Americans with a high school diploma are ________ likely to donate than a person with a college diploma.

less

What percentage of the Romney campaign's funding came from large individual contributions?

82 percent

Which age group had the highest percentage of donations to a political campaign in 2012?

65+

Each of the following presidential incumbents ran for re-election. Which won their re-election bid when the Consumer Confidence Index was less than 100 before the election?

George W. Bush (2004)

Since 1968, the Consumer Confidence Index was lowest on the eve of the election of

1992.

Which conclusion is reasonable based on the data presented in the figure?

The Consumer Confidence Index is only one factor that goes in to explaining presidential election outcomes.

Which of the following is true regarding the 2016 presidential election?

Trump was elected despite consumer confidence in the economy being over 100.

According to the video, what percentage of the popular vote did Hillary Clinton win?

47.7%

According to Prof. Larry Sabato, the Electoral College favors the Republican Party because

they carry the smaller states.

In the 2016 election, which electoral factor was most significant in Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump?

A large part of her voters were concentrated in a few high-population states.

Which answer choice best summarizes how the Electoral College divides up votes?

It is a winner-takes-all system; in MOST states, the candidate with the plurality of the popular vote receives all of that state's Electoral College votes.

Why did the founding fathers add the Electoral College to the Constitution?

fear of "mob rule"

"Free media" during an electoral campaign refers to

positive news and feature coverage initiated by the media themselves.

A nonprofit group that also engages in issue advocacy and is allowed to spend up to half of its revenue for political purposes is called

a 501(c)(4) committee.

After the Supreme Court decision that effectively reversed Florida's recount order in the Presidential election of 2000, Congress passed ______ in 2003, requiring states to introduce computerized voting systems.

the Help Americans Vote Act

Citizens United permitted individuals and organizations to form committees, called ________, which can raise unlimited amounts of money to run political advertising.

political action committees

Except on rare occasions, boundaries for congressional and state legislative districts in the United States are redrawn by the states every ____ years.

10

For only the fourth time in US history, the 2016 Presidential election resulted in a different winner in the ____ as opposed to the _____.

Electoral College, Popular Vote

In 2003, Californians voted out Governor Gray Davis. This election was unusual because

he lost in a rare recall effort.

In MOST congressional elections, ____ outspend ____.

incumbents, challengers

In the 2014 Supreme Court case ________, the Court ruled that there was no evidence that making campaign contributions to large numbers of candidates led to the donor controlling the candidates. The Court therefore ruled that restrictions on this activity were not justified.

McCutcheon et al. v. Federal Election Commission

In the case of Buckley v Valeo, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that

no limits can be placed on candidates' expenditure of their own funds, since such spending is considered free speech.

Political Action Committees (PACs) are organizations established

by corporations, labor unions, or interest groups to channel the contributions of their members into political campaigns.

Primary elections are held to select

a political party's presidential candidate for the general election.

State legislators routinely seek to influence electoral outcomes by manipulating the organization of electoral districts. This strategy is called

gerrymandering.

The 2012 presidential elections broke all fundraising records with over ______ spent.

4 billion dollars

The electoral college is

presidential electors from each state who cast ballots for president and vice president.

The federal courts have established ____ as a critical factor in establishing the boundaries of legislative districts.

equal populations

Third-party candidates for president can receive public funding only if they received at least _____ percent of the vote in the previous presidential race.

5 percent

Under current federal rules, individuals may donate a maximum of ____ to any single candidate and up to _____ to a political action committee.

$2,700; $5,000

Virtually all contemporary campaigns make extensive use of opinion polling, and to be competitive a candidate must use ______ polls to gauge public support.

random sample public-opinion polls

What is a closed primary?

an election in which voters can participate in the nomination of candidates, but only of the party in which they are enrolled for a period of time prior to Election Day

When a congressional election is held that does not coincide with a presidential election, it is called a(n)

midterm election.

Which of the following factors have studies indicated likely matters least in generating long-term support for a presidential candidate?

national debate performance

Who is the incumbent?

the current officeholder, running for re-election

____ voting occurs when voting is based on the past performance of a candidate.

Retrospective

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Why are educated consumers easier to target as a group?

C. Educated consumers typically have more access to various forms of media and therefore are easier to target as a consumer group. D. Educated consumers know that in order to keep the economy moving, people must spend money.