Elections

Question 1

First stage of presidential election and its function

Answer 1

Invisible primary
Money raising, name recognition announcement or candidacy, party debate
A year before election

Question 2

2nd stage of presidential election

Answer 2

Primaries and caucuses
Show support for candidates , choose delegates NPCs
Jan / aug

Question 3

3rd stage of presidential elections

Answer 3

Choosing the VP candidate
Candidate announces choice of running mate
Days/ weeks before convention

Question 4

4th stage of president election

Answer 4

National party convention
Confirm candidates , approve party platform, acceptance speeches
Aug/sept 3/4 days

Question 5

5 that stage of pre election

Answer 5

General election campaign
Campaign between parties
Sept, oct and early nov

Question 6

6th stage of presidential election

Answer 6

Election day
Voters go to polls
Tue after first monday in nov

Question 7

7th stage of presidential election

Answer 7

Electoral college
Electors vote in state capitals
Mid December

Question 8

How much did Ron de Santos pay in Iowa caucus

Answer 8

Over 1,400 per voter and still lost

Question 9

How did trump use legal cases to fund campaign

Answer 9

Selling mugshot mugs made £7.1 mil

Question 10

Loser of invisible primaries that won

Answer 10

Trump and Obama

Question 11

Advantages and disadvantages of invisible primaries

Answer 11

Advantages : visibility and support for candidates, allows for range of candidates, scrutiny
Disadvantages: lack of serious debate, dependent of fundraising , voter apathy, hidden scandals

Question 12

How much money did hakeem jeffires receive from his party 2022

Answer 12

$1000

Question 13

2024 iowa caucus result

Answer 13

trump won 51% 98/99 districts, de santis 2nd

Question 14

2024 south carolina primary

Answer 14

trump = 59% of vote
Haley = 40 % (in her home state and where she was governer)

Question 15

example of caucusses being ideological

Answer 15

2016 sanders won 13 caucus

Question 16

example of a caucus taking too long to count.

Answer 16

2020 iowa caucus took days due to technical issues

Question 17

is TO high in primaries

Answer 17

32% TO in 2016

Question 18

how have been impacted by the media

Answer 18

less up to party leadership
media has impact tv debates, tv chooses based on polls which come from campaigns which rely on money (less democratic advantage to self funded ie trump)
and buying ads

Question 19

2020 iowa caucus to

Answer 19

9%

Question 20

example of EC benefiting small state

Answer 20

wyoming has 1 rep and 2 senate and around half a million population

Question 21

how many more votes did clinton win in 2016

Answer 21

3 mil

Question 22

how does the ec ensure broad national support for candidates

Answer 22

biden winning sun and rust belt in 2020

Question 23

example of EC inflating a victory

Answer 23

1996 clinton won 49% of vote but 70% of EC

Question 24

how does california show dispropotion of EC

Answer 24

has a population of 39 mil but 54 ec votes however if it was proportional to small states it should have 70+

Question 25

whats an alternative to the EC

Answer 25

national popular vote bill

Question 26

what was the TO in 2020

Answer 26

66% highest in history, biden won with 306 ec votes, 51% of the voted and had the most votes of any candidate in history

Question 27

what are the mccain feingold 2002 reforms

Answer 27

attempt to ban soft money and makes candidates endorse their own attack ads

Question 28

what are matching funds and why arent they used

Answer 28

fed gov would match any donations up to 250, in 2008 obama raised significanlty more without matching funds and focussed on small donations from regular people

Question 29

what is FECA 1974

Answer 29

aims to reduce reliance on wealthy donors established FEC limits hard money and bans donations from abroad set up matching funds

Question 30

advantages of the invisible primaries

Answer 30

visibility and support for candidates, a range of candidates and scrutiny of candidates

Question 31

how many democrat candidates were there in 2020

Answer 31

20 in the first debate

Question 32

example of when debates have impacted primaries

Answer 32

rick perry (rep) couldnt name the 3 departments he would axe he then acheived less than 1 % of new hampshire vote

Question 33

disadvantages of invisible primaries

Answer 33

lack of serious debate (to many candidates and soundbites), dependent on fundraising, voter apathy, scandlas emerging after the primary

Question 34

% of iowa caucus which sanders won

Answer 34

26

Question 35

how do primaries and caucuses uphold federalism

Answer 35

states choose when they vote and the type of vote they use

Question 36

closed primary

Answer 36

only registered party voters can vote florida

Question 37

open primary

Answer 37

where any registered can vote used in texas

Question 38

modified primaries

Answer 38

only registered party membrs can vote in the primary as well as independent voters

Question 39

proportional primaries

Answer 39

number of delegates given to a candidate is based in how many votes they won

Question 40

% of democrats who voted in the 2012 republican primary

Answer 40

11% most voted for rick santorum

Question 41

example of a winnner takes all primary

Answer 41

2016 trump won all 58 delegates for arizona but only 11 / 23 in new hampshire a proportional primary

Question 42

why was there a significant decline in caucusses used in the 2020 dem primary

Answer 42

saw them as inaccessible and too ideological

Question 43

which primary does the winner usually win

Answer 43

the new hampshire primary

Question 44

who was bidens challenger in the 2024 primaries

Answer 44

dean phillips

Question 45

what has happened to incumbents who have faced challenges in primaries

Answer 45

they lose the election - george hw bush and jimmy carter

Question 46

how has tunrout for primaries increased

Answer 46

from 11% in the 1960s to 28% in 2016

Question 47

how has the number of presidential primaries increased

Answer 47

from 5 in 1968 to 23 in 2016

Question 48

whats wrong with presidential primaries

Answer 48

low turnout when incumbents are involved unrepresentative, process takes too long, expensive

Question 49

2020 iowa caucus to

Answer 49

9%

Question 50

what impact can conventions have on polls

Answer 50

post convention bounce - however this is only accurate in 50% and may have little impact ie 2020 where biden rose by 3% and trump fell by 1%

Question 51

example presidential debates dont matter

Answer 51

72% felt that mitt romney preformded better that obama in the 2012 election

Question 52

2016 where did 94% of campaign events take place

Answer 52

in 12 key states

Question 53

how many states had no events on 2020

Answer 53

14 and dc

Question 54

% of votes ross perot won in 1992

Answer 54

18.9%

Question 55

how amny ec votes does california have and how many does it need to be proportional

Answer 55

55 - 200

Question 56

2016% ov vote trump won in comparision to ec

Answer 56

46% but 57% of the ec

Question 57

how many of the last 14 elections have had faithless voters

Answer 57

8

Question 58

how many states have laws preventing faithless electors

Answer 58

33 and dc

Question 59

example of a faithless elector

Answer 59

2016 hawii gave a vote to bernie sanders and a vp vote to elizabeth warren

Question 60

how many people does a ecv rep in wyoming compared to california

Answer 60

wyoming has 1 per 200,000 and california has over 3 times as many peopl per ecv

Question 61

altenaitves to ec

Answer 61

maine uses a system where votes are given to the winner in districts and 2 for the overall winner -propotional system based in states -direct elction plan where there is a straightforward direct election

Question 62

% of presidents who have won relection

Answer 62

69%

Question 63

incumbency rate in congress

Answer 63

80%