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If an election is to serve as a “policy mandate” it must meet all of the following conditions except:

Election results have to clearly indicate the voters’ policy preferences. Voters must cast their ballots on the basis of those policy alternatives alone.Voters must cast their ballots on the basis of political party identification alone.Competing candidates must offer clear policy alternatives.

In politics, a reference to people who started young and began to work in politics, run for and hold public office, and to make politics their career is called:

Party Loyalty.Political Ambition.Political Temperament.Careerism.

Since 1950, over _________ of incumbents who seek reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives, are reelected.

70 percent.90 percent.98 percent.50 percent.

All of the following are advantages that enhance an incumbent’s chances of winning reelection except:

casework.name recognition.franking privilege. ambition.

The right of members of Congress to send free mailings to their constituents is called:

casework.the Post Office privilege.the mailing privilege.the franking privilege.

The famous "Daisy Girl" commercial of 1964 aimed to portray whom as a warmonger?

George H. W. BushMichael DukakisBarry GoldwaterLyndon Johnson

What is the average cost to win a seat in the House of Representatives?

$600 million$5 million$900,000none of the above.

What is the maximum individual contribution allowed to federal candidates under 2002 campaign finance reform laws?

$200$1,000$2,000$5,000

An organization that is created by a corporation, union or interest group in order to collect and distribute campaign funds to political candidates is called a

Campaign Funding CommitteePolitical Action CommitteeFederal Election CommitteeBig-Money Contributor

Which state holds the first presidential primary?

IowaNew HampshireNew YorkTexas

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