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AMERICAN POLITICS & THE POLITICAL PROCESS -- POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTIONS,
POLITICAL INTEREST GROUPS, POLITICAL ELITES, & POLITICAL INFLUENCE
In the U.S.A., an organization of persons who share some common attitude or view regarding one or a few public-policy issues, usually
working within the framework of the governmental system and employing such tactics as lobbying to achieve their goals, is -- A. a political
interest group; B. a revolutionary social movement seeking absolute political power; C. a political party; D.
normally an ideologically bound, doctrinaire political organization seeking to bring about a total reorganization and reconstruction of
American society and its governmental system; E. necessarily a cohesive organization of determined political sociopaths and
psychotic personalities.
[Correct Response: A]
In the U.S.A., an organization which seeks to acquire political authority by electing its candidates to government office so that the
organization's positions and philosophy can become public policy is -- A. a political interest group; B. ordinarily a revolutionary
social movement seeking absolute political power; C. a political party; D. an ideologically bound, doctrinaire single-issue
political organization; E. necessarily a cohesive organization directed by criminals seeking power to rule the country with an iron
hand.
[Correct Response: C]
The political-money arm of a political interest groups, legally entitled to raise funds on a voluntary basis from members, stoclholders, or
employees in order to contribute funds to favored candidates for public office, is known as -- A. a lobby; B. a political party;
C. a political action action committee; D. a political patronage caucus; E. an organized pilgrimage.
[Correct Response: C]
The American electoral system, is characterized by -- A. regularly scheduled elections; B. fixed, staggered, and sometimes limited terms of office; C. the winner-takes-all rule; D. all of the above; E. none of the above.
[Correct Response: D]
Political processes involved in a masjor party's nomination of its candidate for President of the United States include -- A. presidential
primaries; B. local, district, and state caucuses and conventions; C. an aspiring candidate's strategy for obtaining
supporting delegates to his or her party's national nominating convention; D. the meeting, activities, and decisions of the
party's national convention; E. all of the above.
[Correct Response: E]
To become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, a non-incumbent candidate must -- A. raise hundreds of thousands of dollars
to mount a serious campaign; B. build a personal campaign organization, hire a campaign manager and a number of technicians,
buy television and other advertising, conduct polls, and pay for a variety of activities; C. win nomination by majority vote in his
party's direct primary election held within his congressional district; D. win a majority or plurality of the popular vote in the
general election held in his congressional district; E. do all of the above.
[Correct Response: E]
In congressional elections -- A. incumbency is an advantage for U.S. Representatives, although not as much an advantage as it is for U.S.
Senators; B. incumbent Senators are widely known through the media, but so are many of their opponents; C. candidates
for the U.S. Senate can more easily duck tough issues than can candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives; D. U.S. Representatives
normally face tougher competition in their bids for reelection than do U.S. Senators; E. none of the above are true.
[Correct Response: B]
To become President of the United States, a presidential candidate must -- A. win nomination by majority vote of the delegates at his
party's national nominating convention; B. win a majority or plurality of the popular vote in a large number states, ordinarily
including a substantial number of the states with large populations; C. win a majority of the votes in the Electoral College;
D. do all of the above; E. do none of the above.
[Correct Response: D]
Constitution of the United States of America
U.S. Constitutional Law & Political Philosophy
The American Political System -- Politics &
Government in the U.S.A.: Political Science Course
The American Constitutional System -- Origins:
English Antecedents
The American Constitutional System -- Origins:
Colonial & Early American Antecedents
The American Constitutional System -- Origins:
The Federal Constitutional Convention of 1787
The American Constitutional System -- Origins:
The U.S. Constitution -- Ratification & Adoption
The U.S. Constitution -- Underlying Political Theory:
The Federalist -- Selected Essays
Political Science, Philosophy, & History -- Lectures
Political Philosophy & Political Ideologies:
Competing Systems of Political Thought