Campaigns and Elections Answers

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

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?

Which statements apply to the financing of a political campaign and the laws controlling it? Select all that apply.

In an primary, voters choose delegates who will represent them at a party convention.

The role of a campaign manager is to

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

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

What is one effective strategy used by political campaigns?

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

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.