Elections and Political Process SOL Review

What is the message behind this political cartoon?

• High campaign costs benefits the average voter.

• Voters who support third party candidates are at a disadvantage.

• Turnout is higher if campaigns are expensive

• High campaign costs have an influence on the political process.

Virginia has 13 electoral college votes. That means that it has-

• 11 Senators + 2 members in the House of Representatives

• 2 Senators + 11 members the House of Representatives

Ricky is listening to candidate for mayor talk about how they will cut taxes and spending in the city. This is one way the media-

• encourages voter participation

• influences public opinion

• raises awareness of issues

• promotes civic engagement

What term is given to organizations that raise money for candidates and political parties to help them get elected?

• Labor Unions

• PACS-Political Actions Committees

• Charitable Foundations

• Focus Groups

How can third party candidates change the outcome of an election?

• Keep voters away from the polls

• Confuse voters

• Take votes away from the main parties

• Distract media from main candidates

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Separate fact from opinion

Identifying bias

Detecting propaganda

Evaluating sources for accuracy

What is the BEST title for this list?

• Ways to promote civic awareness

• Ways the media influences politics

• Stategies informed voters should use before voting

• Methods to campaign for public office

A presidential candidates needs to win __________ electoral college votes out of ______________ to be elected President and Vice President.

• 200 out of 400

• 270 out of 538

• 150 out of 300

Candidate A wins 55% of the popular vote in a state versus 45% for candidate B. If the state each candidate ran in has 20 electoral college votes, how many electoral votes did each candidate win?

• Candidate A won 11 electoral votes. Candidate B won 9 electoral votes.

• Candidate A won 20 electoral votes. Candidate B won no electoral votes.

• Candidate A won 15 votes and Candidate B won 5 votes

The votes cast by voters on or before Election Day is called the-

• Presidential vote

• Popular vote

• Electoral vote

• National vote

An opinion page in a newspaper or presented radio and television is called a (an)-

• amendment

• headline

• editorial

• referendum