CANDIDATES AND ELECTORAL POLITICS: CANDIDATE-CENTERED CAMPAIGNING
What will be an ideal response?
Candidates devote a large part of their time to raising money.
Sources of campaign funding include private donors, political action committees, 527 groups, and the Internet.
Major campaign expenses include advertising, polling, market research, hiring staff, and renting a headquarters.
Primary elections allow voters to choose who will lead their parties in the general elections
You might also like to view...
The controlled study of a single individual has become particularly important in
A) clinical psychology. B) cognitive psychology. C) cross-cultural psychology. D) social psychology.
What event does Jervis see as critical to the rise of the security community?
a. World War I b. World War II c. the Cold War d. the fall of the Soviet Union
To win the general election, presidential candidates have to win support from __________ who often do not vote in primaries
a. intensely conservative voters b. committedly liberal voters c. moderate and pragmatic voters d. Evangelical Christians
Table 3.5 - Competitive and Noncompetitive Seats in the Texas House and Senate, 2016 Election
According to Table 3.5, which chamber has a higher percentage of races in which the incumbent faces no general election candidate?
A. senate B. house C. Both are roughly equivalent. D. This cannot be determined from the data.