Independent expenditures

Coordinated expenditures

Incumbent expenditures

None of these

Twenty-five in the House; thirty in the Senate.

Twenty-three in the House; thirty-five in the Senate.

Twenty-five in the Senate; thirty in the House.

Thirty in the House; thirty-five in the Senate.

Thirty-five in the Senate; forty in the House.

False, for much of US history women and less than half of the free adult male population could vote

True, for most of US history universal suffrage has been in place

False, universal suffrage was not passed in the US until the 1950s

None of these

U.S. Representative

U.S. Senate

National Postal Advisory Board Member

Federal Election Commission District Representative

The 26th amendment

The 24th Amendment

The 23rd amendment

The 22nd amendment

The 25th amendment

If no candidate receives an Electoral College majority, the election is thrown to the Supreme Court for the final decision.

The less populated states are overrepresented due to a Constitutional provision granting each state two electors (regardless of population).

The winner-take-all nature of the Electoral College forces candidates to focus on winning those states where polls indicate a close contest is taking place among voters.

The Electoral College vote usually, but not always, reflects the current popular majority vote.

Retiring and defeated legislators may propose and vote on laws

Newly elected legislators can propose and vote on laws

No laws are passed

The Supreme Court passes the laws

The President issues Executive Orders which become law automatically without review by the state legislatures

ensuring that the election process is fair and involves no chicanery

determining the results of exit polls for the media

projecting the results of a campaign in the months leading up to an election

ensuring that campaign finances are kept within legal limits

counting the votes manually in the event of a miscount or misconduct in the electoral proceedings

Party leadership was no longer allowed exist and was entirely dismantled

Convention delegates were no longer allowed to be chosen in secrecy

States were required to select delegates based on either the primary or caucus methods

Party conventions became more open to mass public influence and more equitable in representation