Question 1

What are electors? Discuss the ways they are currently selected in the United States.

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Question 2

You are running for president as a Republican candidate.What types of voters would you have to appeal to? Would you have to appeal to the same demographics in the general election? Why or why not?

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Question 3

Describe the proposed regional presidential primaries system and explain the pros and cons of it.

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Question 4

You want to run for public office but have not yet decided whether to try for a House seat or a Senate seat.What are three differences between House and Senate campaigns you would have to consider? Which race would be more challenging? Why?

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Question 5

How does a party's success in congressional elections correspond to the party of presidential candidates and sitting presidents?

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Question 6

What is soft money,and how did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act affect it?

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Question 7

What role do individual citizens play in elections? How will new technologies likely affect citizens' involvement in elections in the future?

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Question 8

Explain how winner-take-all and proportional representation systems work and evaluate their significance for party systems.

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Question 9

List the three basic strategies that reformers have used to try to prevent abuse in making campaign contributions.How successful has each strategy been?

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Question 10

Explain three reasons why elections for the House of Representatives are generally NOT competitive.

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Quiz 8: Campaigns and Elections