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2. This guarantees freedom of the press.
Question 1
This guarantees freedom of the press.
1st Amendment

3. Question 2
This a group with broad common interests who organize to win elections.
Political party

4. Question 3
This is a broad statement of party beliefs, positions, and goals
Platform

5. What is the symbol of the Republican Party?
Question 4
What is the symbol of the Republican Party?
An Elephant

6. Question 5
This is a single belief or position that a party takes.
Plank

7. Question 6 What amendment outlawed the use of a poll tax?
The 24th Amendment

8. Question 7
What does the word suffrage refer to?
The right to vote

9. Question 8
What is an open primary?
All eligible voters can choose a party’s nominee.

10. Question 9
Name one reason third parties have been largely unsuccessful in winning elections in the US.
Hard to raise $, difficulty getting on the ballot, etc.

11. Question 10
What is a voting district called?
A precinct

12. Question 11
What amendment allowed women to vote?
The 19th Amendment

13. Question 12
How many electoral votes does NC have? 15

14. Question 13
This amendment prevents being denied from voting due to race.
15th Amendment

15. Question 14 What is a caucus?
A party meeting where the nominee is chosen by the one with the most members.

16. Question 15 How do media outlets make a profit?
They sell air time to businesses for commercials

17. Question 16 This law created public financing and disclosure laws.
Federal Elections & Campaign Act of 1971

18. Question 17
This is a group of people who organize around a common policy or goal to influence government.
Special Interest Group

19. Question 18 Who chooses a party’s Vice Presidential candidate?
The Presidential Candidate

20. Question 19
Give an example of how an interest group might use litigation to push its agenda.
NAACP brought Brown v. Board case, NOW challenges abortion laws, Sierra Club seeks injunctions to stop bridge, etc.

21. Question 20 Name 2 requirements to vote in NC.
Registered, 18, 30-day residency, citizenship, not a felon in prison.

22. Question 21
What is directly contacting legislators known as?
Lobbying

23. Question 22
What do you call the candidate who is currently in office that is seeking reelection?
The incumbent

24. Question 23
Name a labor union in the US.
AFL-CIO, UAW, NCAE, Teamsters, etc.

25. What state has the most electoral votes?
Question 24
What state has the most electoral votes? CA

26. Question 25
What agency oversees the public airwaves?
The FCC

27. Question 26
What group oversees federal election laws?
The FEC

28. Question 27
What are the two types of mass media?
Electronic and print

29. Question 28
What party is considered liberal and which is conservative?
A liberal usually is a Democrat; conservatives are usually Republicans.

30. Question 29
What is the symbol of the Democratic Party?
A donkey

31. Question 30
Name a third party that has run for president.
Reform, Green, Progressive, etc.

32. Question 31 For what do the letters NAACP stand?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

33. Question 32
What does it mean to be a moderate?
Someone who has views on the left and right

34. Question 33
What are the people surveyed in a poll called?
The sample

35. Question 34
What is the ideas and attitudes of a significant number of Americans called?
Public Opinion

36. Question 35 What is prior restraint?
Government censorship of information before it is published