Referring to special elections as nonpartisan is misleading because all candidates appeal to their traditional party bases as they run for election.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Q. 2In terms of voting, turnout refers to which of the following?
a. number of voters who vote in the Presidential primaries
b. number of registered voters unable to vote due to Election Day problems
c. percentage of eligible citizens who do not register to vote
d. percentage of registered voters who cast their ballots
Q. 3Which of the following statements is true of the motor voter law?
a. The law was introduced as a bill and passed in the Texas Senate.
b. Texans must register to vote every ten years under the provisions of the law.
c. A person should be allowed to register to vote when applying for any public service.
d. Texans had to pay poll tax for the state ballot and received the federal ballot free.
Q. 4Which of the following statements is true of special elections?
a. Candidates require a plurality of the vote to win.
b. Candidates can participate without going through the primary election process.
c. They are usually held during March or November with the other elections.
d. There is a limit on the number of candidates participating in special elections.
Q. 5Regardless of the laws requiring the media to give candidates airtime at the lowest unit rate, media agencies still make profits during election season. Which of the following statements strengthens this view?
a. Close to 95 percent of election campaigning is done at the lowest unit rate of advertising time.
b. More and more, candidates have been using the internet to reach maximum number of voters.
c. Most candidates purchase time at a higher, nonpreemptable rate during the final weeks of a campaign.
d. Surveys have found that mass mailing is the most effective method of reaching voters.
Q. 6Which of the following statements is true of campaign contributions in Texas?
a. Candidates can legally accept contributions directly from labor unions.
b. No restriction is made on contributions for the judicial and senatorial races.
c. Individuals must join political action committees to be eligible to contribute.
d. The source of campaign contributions can be found at the Texas Ethics Commission website.
Q. 7Barbara, a political candidate in an urban part of Texas, is running short of funds in the final stages of her campaign. What should she do to reach voters?
a. use targeted mass mailings to the numerous groups
b. use television advertisements at the lowest unit rate
c. use sophisticated phone banks to attract voters
d. use Web advertising that sends people to her website
Q. 8What was one of the reasons behind George Bush's victory over Ann Richards?
a. his well-maintained and detailed website
b. his use of a positive style of campaigning to reach voters
c. the fact that he was the incumbent governor
d. his use of targeted mass mailings rather than robo-calls
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