1. how do parties typically ensure the good performance of their candidates?
-they dictate how their candidate governs once he or she is in office.
-they make sure their candidates are of good character and are qualified for public office.
-they petition to have a representative removed from office if he or she does not follow the party line.
-they revoke a representative's campaign contributions if he or she supports issues the party does not.
2. read this quotation from remarks given by then-senator barack obama in springfield, illinois. what was the purpose of this speech?
-to launch his campaign via self-announcement -to accept a nomination at his party's national convention
-to begin the nomination process by entering the race
-to call for his party's nomination at a state caucus
3. what official becomes president if the president and vice president died at the same time?
-chief justice -president pro tempore of the senate -secretary of state -speaker of the house of representatives 4. which statement expresses the point senators mccain and feingold are making in this quotation?
-allowing unrestricted corporate money into federal elections means that candidates who receive that money are likely to be beholden to those corporate interests once in office.
-forcing candidates to report their campaign contributions flies in the face of 100 years of american history and is a fundamental violation of an individual's privacy.
-disallowing corporations from spending money on behalf of individual candidates is tantamount to restricting the free speech of those running and working for those corporations.
- permitting organizations to raise large sums of money is the best way for the two major parties' national committees to offset the high cost of campaigns.
5. what kind of primary does the following scenario describe?
a candidate competes in a state's presidential primary and wins 26 percent of the popular vote. twenty-six percent of the state's delegates are officially pledged to vote for that candidate at the national party convention.
-primary with winner-take all rules -primary with proportional representation rules -preference primary -open primary 6. what is the only official role of the vice president?
-lead the national committee on the president's party.
-organize presidential commissions. -preside over the senate. -vote in case of a tie in the supreme court. 7. what best describes a faithless elector? -an elector who cheated to become an elector. -an elector who fails to vote. -an elector who voted for a non-christian. -an elector who does not vote for the person who won the state's popular vote.
8. who counts the electoral college vote? -house of representatives. -senate. -state legislatures. -supreme court. 9. which is a constitutional qualification to be president?
-collected educated. -experience in another political field. -military experience. -natural-born citizen of the united states