"In politics, a political party acts as a 'bonding agent' to ensure the good performance of it's candidates and elected officeholders."

USE THE QUOTATION TO ANSWER THE QUESTION

1. How do parties typically ensure the good performance of their candidates?

A. They dictate how their candidate governs once her she is in office.
B. They make sure their candidates are of good character and are qualified for public office.***
C. They petition to have a representative removed from the office if he or she does not follow the party line.
D. They revoke a representative's campaign contributions if he or she supports issues the party does not.

B

C
D
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B
C
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B
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* is the right answer to all the questions..

In politics, a political party acts as a ‘bonding agent’ to ensure the good performance of its candidates and elected officeholders.

Use the quotation to answer the question.

1. How do parties typically ensure the good performance of their candidates? (1 point)
They dictate how their candidate governs once he or she is in office.
* They make sure their candidates are of good character and are qualified for public office.
They petition to have a representative removed from office if he or she does not follow the party line.
They revoke a representative’s campaign contributions if he or she supports issues the party does not.

. . . in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States. I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness—a certain audacity—to this announcement. I know I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But I’ve been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change.
—Barack Obama, February 10, 2007

Use the quotation to answer the question.

2. Read this quotation from remarks given by then-Senator Barack Obama in Springfield, Illinois.What was the purpose of this speech? (1 point)
to launch his campaign via self-announcement
to accept a nomination at his party’s national convention
* to begin the nomination process by entering the race
to call for his party’s nomination at a state caucus

3. What official becomes president if the president and vice president died at the same time? (1 point)
Chief Justice
President pro tempore of the Senate
Secretary of State
* Speaker of the House of Representatives

Two years ago, the Supreme Court handed down one of the worst, and most radically activist decisions in the Court’s history, Citizens United. Overturning more than a century of settled law, and with an unprecedented naiveté of the political process, the Court charted a course for legalized bribery. Sadly, both Democrats and Republicans are now following the dangerous road of unlimited money in politics. There is no question whether scandal will arise from this decision; the only question is when. On this anniversary, we call on both parties to work together to remedy the obvious damage to our political system caused by the Citizens United decision.
—Sen. John McCain and former Sen. Russ Feingold, January 20, 2012
Use the quotation to answer the question.

4. Which statement expresses the point Senators McCain and Feingold are making in this quotation? (1 point)
* Allowing unrestricted corporate money into federal elections means that candidates who receive that money are likely to be beholden to those corporate interests once in office.
Forcing candidates to report their campaign contributions flies in the face of 100 years of American history and is a fundamental violation of an individual’s privacy.
Disallowing corporations from spending money on behalf of individual candidates is tantamount to restricting the free speech of those running and working for those corporations.
Permitting organizations to raise large sums of money is the best way for the two major parties’ national committees to offset the high cost of campaigns.

5. What kind of primary does the following scenario describe?

A candidate competes in a state’s presidential primary and wins 26 percent of the popular vote. Twenty-six percent of the state’s delegates are officially pledged to vote for that candidate at the national party convention. (1 point)
primary with winner-take all rules
* primary with proportional representation rules
preference primary
open primary

6. What is the only official role of the vice president? (1 point)
lead the national committee on the president’s party
organize presidential commissions
* preside over the Senate
vote in case of a tie in the Supreme Court

7. What best describes a faithless elector? (1 point)
an elector who cheated to become an elector
an elector who fails to vote
an elector who votes for a non-Christian
* an elector who does not vote for the person who won the state's popular vote

8. Who counts the Electoral College vote? (1 point)
* * House of Representatives
Senate
state legislatures
Supreme Court

9. Which is a constitutional qualification to be president? (1 point)
college educated
experience in another political field
military experience
* natural-born citizen of the United States

10. Which president broke the two-term tradition by running for a third term in 1940? (1 point)
Dwight Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
* Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman

8. is actually President of the Senate

other than that he's right

Yes everything is right except 8 is B

Those are correct.^ Thank you, Dean.

That's probably the answer the teacher wants. However, I disagree with it. I don't think any of the answers are right.

That's really messed man. All Ms. Sue does is try and help and you verbally spit in her face, and for what? To make yourself feel better? Shame.

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Dean has the right answers.

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