Campaigns and Elections Answers

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

The most important role of election officials is to make sure that an election

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

Which of these is the best reason to explain why candidates for office hire campaign staff to run their campaigns?

Laws are passed to regulate the funding of political campaigns in an effort to ensure that

Which of these arguments might be used by someone who supports strict campaign finance laws?

A graph titled Funding for House Elections 2011 to 2012 shows parties on the horizontal axis and dollars (hundreds of millions) on the vertical axis. Approximately 610 of Republican funding was total raised, 200 was P A C funding, and 350 was individual funding. Approximately 490 of Democratic funding was total raised, 165 was P A C funding, and 290 was individual funding.

The final competition for elective office is called the

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?

The role of a campaign manager is to