Campaigns and Elections Answers

Before a general election can take place, a political party may hold a election to select a candidate for office.

In a closed primary, who selects a political party’s nominees for office?

While private funding for a campaign may come from a variety of sources, which source provides public funding for a campaign?

While state law governs many aspects of the election process, the federal government is responsible for

In a political campaign, the person with the responsibility of contacting the media and creating printed materials is the

What is one effective strategy used by political campaigns?

Read Justice John Paul Stevens’s dissenting opinion in the Citizens United case.At bottom, the Court's opinion is . . . a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need to prevent corporations from undermining self government since the founding, and who have fought against the distinctive corrupting potential of corporate electioneering since the days of Theodore Roosevelt.–Justice StevensDissenting OpinionCitizens United v. Federal Elections CommissionWhat does Justice Stevens say about the Court’s ruling?

What is a PAC?

In a general election, each state has officials who count andvotes.