QUESTION 1:
What is the name of the initaitive that shifted responsibility for drawing congressional districts from the state legislature to an independent redistricting commission made up of two Democrats, two Republicans and an independent?
A. Proposition 2000
B. Proposition 110
C. Proposition 106
D. Proposition 206
QUESTION 2:
Justice Antonin Scalia stated that this proposition is giving power to whom?
A. an unelected body
B. an elected body
QUESTION 3:
The Democrats' Senate loss represented the biggest in the chamber that any president's party had suffered since which president's second term?
A. Truman
B. Eisenhower
C. F.D Roosevelt
D. Kennedy
QUESTION 4:
How many seats have Democrat's lost in legislatures during Obama's time in office?
A. 100+
B. 500+
C. 650+
D. 900+
QUESTION 5:
According to the text, which elections represented a return to the incumbency- dominated electoral politics that has become a norm for the U.S Congress?
A. 1996 & 2000
B. 1998 & 2000
C. 1994 & 1996
D. 1996 & 1998
QUESTION 6:
According to Former Speaker Thomas P. O'Neil, "All politics is ________"
A. local
B. the same
C. centralized
D. dirty
QUESTION 7:
"Congressional elections are at the heart local events, especially for representatives whose districts remain relatively ___________ (even as they have become less dominated by a few interests over time).
A. homogeneous
B. heterogeneous
QUESTION 8:
According to the text, the president's party loses seats (in the House/Senate) during midterm elections.
True
False
QUESTION 9:
In 1976 the average House candidate spent _______ on their campaign, while the average House candidate spent _______ in 2004.
A. $228,000 & $966,028
B. $73,000 & $596,000
C. $831,000 & $261,021
D. $73,000 & $679,316
QUESTION 10:
527s can do ______________ things that political parties used to do but in a much wider and more varied scale.
A. very similar
B. very different
QUESTION 11:
Campaign Spending is important but mainly for who?
A. challengers
B. interest groups
C. super PAC's
D. incumbents