What type of voter is most impacted by presidential advertising on television?
a. voters who are strong partisans
b. female voters
c. young voters who know little about candidates background
d. older voters who do not have access to the Internet for information
e. voters who are undecided or who are politically independent
Question -2-Some observers of elections indicate that although debates may not have a direct impact on vote intentions they can
a. change the dynamics of a campaign, which may influence the outcome.
b. be very effective in swaying voter opinion.
c. change candidate preference following the debate.
d. follow the historical model that the winner of the debates usually wins the presidency.
e. help the underdog candidates at the expense of the front-running candidate.
Question -3-How is the schedule of presidential and vice presidential debates and rules governing their conduct determined?
a. The individual candidates discuss the terms together and agree on a common schedule.
b. The party chairs set the rules and schedule.
c. The Federal Election Commission determines the rules and schedule.
d. They are a product of intense negotiation between the campaigns.
e. The network that broadcasts the debate sets the schedule and the moderator set the rules.
Question -4-How did Barack Obama interpret John Kerrys narrow Electoral College loss as a way to develop a strategy using battleground states to assure victory in 2008?
a.
The campaign focused on three battleground states that Bush had won comfortably while holding
onto the states Kerry won.
b.
They were on the defensive to hold onto the states Kerry won.
c.
The campaign ignored states that Kerry lost and focused on sure wins to save resources.
d.
The Obama campaign mirrored the McCain campaign, but Obamas resources dwarfed McCains
efforts, so that it was hard to notice McCains advertising.
Question -5-What is meant by the term battleground state?
a. The state is identified as offering either major-party candidate a reasonable chance for victory in the Electoral College.
b. Party politics are so strong in the state that nearly all efforts to move forward are met with huge battles.
c. The majority of the voters in the state are ideologically moderate.
d. It is a state that splits its distribution of votes in the Electoral College.
e. Election results in such states are normally decided within the courts weeks after the election.
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