What different types of polls are used by political campaigns and the media during campaigns? Are there ethical concerns with any of the polls?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Briefly identify and explain benchmark polls, tracking polls, exit polls, and push polls.
2. Discuss the real aims of push polls and the views of the American Association of Political Consultants on them.
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To overcome the free rider problem, many interest groups offer material benefits that are __________
a. the policies that interest groups help to bring about b. benefits given only to group members c. campaign contributions to elected officials d. bonuses given to the most effective lobbyists
Which month of the presidential election year contains the Tuesday when an unprecedented 23 states hold their primaries simultaneously?
a. March b. November c. February d. January e. October
The challenges that spurred members to develop the modern Congress fall into two classes: problems besetting the House and Senate as organizations and problems arising from
a. reducing the scope of areas in which Congress passes laws or sets policies. b. the competing individual and collective needs of members. c. allocating more complex policy issues solely to the more experienced Senate for resolution. d. abdicating responsibility for policy to the bureaucracy and letting the states take over.
The 2009 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee establishes
A) that the Federal Election Committee must publish an annual report listing the names of lobbyists. B) that unions, interest groups, and corporations can spend money directly on advertising for and against candidates. C) a waiting period which is mandatory for ex-members of Congress who wish to accept lobbying positions. D) that 527 organization no longer have tax-exempt status if they contribute to political campaigns. E) that lobbyists must register with the clerk of the House of Representatives and the secretary of the Senate.