Politics of the United States Questions
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What landmark Supreme Court ruling granted corporations the right to spend unlimited amounts of money on elections?
Media coverage of a race tends to accurately portray all races equally.
The Green Party is an example of a third party.
The winner-take-all system is a system in which all of the electoral votes for a state are given to the candidate who wins the majority of the popular votes in that state.
_________________________________ is the term used when legislative districts are manipulated in an attempt to favor a particular candidate.
The two main political parties today are the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.
_______________________ is the term used regarding sensationalized coverage of scandals and human interest stories.
Agenda setting is the media's ability to choose which issues or topics get attention.
What factors determine whether people turn out to vote in U.S. elections?
News coverage focusing on exposing corrupt business and government practices is known as _____________________."
Third parties bring important issues to the attention of the major parties. They also often serve as spoilers in the elections they enter.
Open primaries do not allow voters affiliated with other parties to vote
Contributions to PACs are unlimited, but restrictions have been placed on how much money can be contributed to super PACs.
The two major political parties prefer closed primaries to open primaries
California uses a top-two primary sending the two candidates with the most votes, regardless of party, into the general election.
In what ways is media responsible for promoting the public good?
Title IX is a section of the U.S. Education Amendments of 1972 that prohibits discrimination in education on the basis of sex.
Civil disobedience is an action taken in violation of the letter of the law to demonstrate that the law is unjust
The establishment clause is found in the 5th Amendment.
The Democratic Party had strong support in the South until the party backed the Civil Rights Act, the Voters Registration Act and supported a woman's right to choice.