elections | Media bias | Political Parties | Pacs | Money |
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What system is only used in presidential elections and tallies points based off of population of the states?
What is the electoral college
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Do all media outlets have bias?
What is yes
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Where on the political scale is the green party?
What is on the left past liberal
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What is the limit on super pacs spending and earning?
What is there is no limit
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What is hard money?
Money donated directly to a candidate that is only to be used for a certain person/thing
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What number of electoral votes do you need to win an elections?
What is 270
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What side is fox news known for leaning towards?
What is the right/republican
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What do political parties do?
What is select a candidate to run for office supporting their goals
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Why are super pacs not allowed to work with candidates?z
What is because it would make candidates to powerful to work with something with no spending limit
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What is soft money
Money donated to the political party itself with no regulation and can go wherever the political party thinks it is needed
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What month are presidential elections held?
What is November
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What is horse race coverage?
What is when the media updates the public constantly on poles and such like a horse race
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What is a political parties main goal?
What is getting their candidate elected
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What is the donation limit on pacs?
What is $5,000
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When did candidates first start turning down government money for campaigns?
What is 2008, Obama did it first
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When would the house of representatives get involved in an election?
What is when their is a tie in the electoral votes
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What is a sound bite?
A short clip used in adds to make someone look good, or make someone look bad
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What purpose do political parties serve to the people?
What is being a link between the people and the government
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Are pacs allowed to work with political candidates?
What is yes, only super pacs aren't allowed too
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What is the reason candidates started turning down government money?
What is so they didn't have a limit on how much they could spend
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What is a direct election system?
What is a system where each citizens vote goes straight to the national tally
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What is the medias main job?
What is spread information to the public and serve as a watchdog to the government
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What are the main ways political parties advertise their candidates?
What are adds, campaigning, social media
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What is an interest group
What is a group that tries to put pressure on the government to help with whatever their interest is.
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What is it called when tax payers donate money to go toward government funded campaigns?
What is public financing
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