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Nominations and Campaigns
True/False Quiz
1 .
American presidential campaigns are limited by law to five weeks.
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2 .
Party rules mandate that party caucuses be open and adhere to complex rules of representation.
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3 .
Party primaries serve mostly to eliminate potential candidates.
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4 .
Participation in presidential primaries and caucuses is extremely high, as voters express particular interest in the results.
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5 .
Critics of the primary and caucus system contend tht the media have replaced the party bosses as the new king makers.
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6 .
Political party conventions offer high drama, as the outcome is often uncertain.
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7 .
Political campaign advertising does a better job of providing information about issues than does television news.
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8 .
Newspapers and newsmagazines pay little attention to the campaign itself in favor of comprehensive coverage of the issues.
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9 .
The political candidate can handle most of the tasks of a campaign without assistance.
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10 .
Campaign financing reforms have created a new, more open, way for interest groups like business and labor to contribute to campaigns.
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11 .
The Supreme Court has declared that individuals can contribute as much as they want to their own political campaigns.
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12 .
Political action committees give most of their money to candidates who disagree with them in hopes of changing their position.
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13 .
American elections cost, per person, about as much as a DVD.
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14 .
Studies have shown that well-run political campaigns can convert a significant number of voters.
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15 .
Campaigns today tend to promote individualism in American politics.
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