POL 102 EXAMS PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔critical election - ✔✔Major shift in voter loyalty.
✔✔dealignment - ✔✔Weakening party loyalty.
✔✔divided government - ✔✔Different parties control branches.
✔✔elections - ✔✔Process of choosing leaders.
✔✔franchise - ✔✔Right to vote.
✔✔Motor Voter Law - ✔✔Voter registration through driver's license.
✔✔multiparty system - ✔✔More than two major parties.
✔✔national committee - ✔✔Runs party campaigns.
✔✔national committee chair - ✔✔Leader of party committee.
✔✔national party convention - ✔✔Meeting to choose candidates.
✔✔national party organization - ✔✔Party structure at all levels.
✔✔normal vote - ✔✔Expected support for each party.
✔✔party identification - ✔✔Loyalty to a party.
✔✔party platform - ✔✔Party's policy positions.
✔✔political parties - ✔✔Groups that run candidates.
, ✔✔proportional representation - ✔✔Seats based on vote percentage.
✔✔social capital - ✔✔Community connections.
✔✔26th Amendment - ✔✔Voting age = 18.
✔✔23rd Amendment - ✔✔DC gets electoral votes.
✔✔two-party system - ✔✔Dominance of two parties.
✔✔universal suffrage - ✔✔Everyone can vote.
✔✔voter turnout - ✔✔% of eligible voters who vote.
✔✔battleground states - ✔✔Swing states in elections.
✔✔BCRA (2002) - ✔✔Regulates campaign finance.
✔✔Buckley v. Valeo (1976) - ✔✔Money = speech.
✔✔caucus - ✔✔Local meetings to choose candidates.
✔✔Citizens United (2010) - ✔✔Allowed unlimited independent spending.
✔✔closed primary - ✔✔Must declare party beforehand.
✔✔coattail effect - ✔✔Popular candidates help others win.
✔✔Electoral College - ✔✔System to elect president.
✔✔electors - ✔✔People who vote in Electoral College.
✔✔FECA (1971) - ✔✔Campaign finance law.
✔✔FEC - ✔✔Enforces election laws.
✔✔franking privilege - ✔✔Free mail for Congress members.
✔✔frontloading - ✔✔Moving primaries earlier.
✔✔hard money - ✔✔Direct donations to candidates.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔critical election - ✔✔Major shift in voter loyalty.
✔✔dealignment - ✔✔Weakening party loyalty.
✔✔divided government - ✔✔Different parties control branches.
✔✔elections - ✔✔Process of choosing leaders.
✔✔franchise - ✔✔Right to vote.
✔✔Motor Voter Law - ✔✔Voter registration through driver's license.
✔✔multiparty system - ✔✔More than two major parties.
✔✔national committee - ✔✔Runs party campaigns.
✔✔national committee chair - ✔✔Leader of party committee.
✔✔national party convention - ✔✔Meeting to choose candidates.
✔✔national party organization - ✔✔Party structure at all levels.
✔✔normal vote - ✔✔Expected support for each party.
✔✔party identification - ✔✔Loyalty to a party.
✔✔party platform - ✔✔Party's policy positions.
✔✔political parties - ✔✔Groups that run candidates.
, ✔✔proportional representation - ✔✔Seats based on vote percentage.
✔✔social capital - ✔✔Community connections.
✔✔26th Amendment - ✔✔Voting age = 18.
✔✔23rd Amendment - ✔✔DC gets electoral votes.
✔✔two-party system - ✔✔Dominance of two parties.
✔✔universal suffrage - ✔✔Everyone can vote.
✔✔voter turnout - ✔✔% of eligible voters who vote.
✔✔battleground states - ✔✔Swing states in elections.
✔✔BCRA (2002) - ✔✔Regulates campaign finance.
✔✔Buckley v. Valeo (1976) - ✔✔Money = speech.
✔✔caucus - ✔✔Local meetings to choose candidates.
✔✔Citizens United (2010) - ✔✔Allowed unlimited independent spending.
✔✔closed primary - ✔✔Must declare party beforehand.
✔✔coattail effect - ✔✔Popular candidates help others win.
✔✔Electoral College - ✔✔System to elect president.
✔✔electors - ✔✔People who vote in Electoral College.
✔✔FECA (1971) - ✔✔Campaign finance law.
✔✔FEC - ✔✔Enforces election laws.
✔✔franking privilege - ✔✔Free mail for Congress members.
✔✔frontloading - ✔✔Moving primaries earlier.
✔✔hard money - ✔✔Direct donations to candidates.
