POLS 207 CORE 2026 MAIN EXAMS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Those involved in a party's organization include all of the following EXCEPT -
apathetic voters.
✔✔Republican party activists tend to be more _______ than the general public, and
Democratic party activists tend to be more ________ than the general public. -
conservative, liberal
✔✔Party activists often become candidates themselves for all the following reasons
EXCEPT - limited access to key campaign contributors.
✔✔The power structure of American political parties is - decentralized.
✔✔The primary responsibility of national committees in both political parties is to - hold
national conventions to formally select the party's presidential candidate.
✔✔State party affairs are governed largely by the - laws of the states.
✔✔The qualifications for membership in a party and the right to vote in the party's
primary election are set by - state law.
✔✔State communities have remained very influential in the electoral process by acting
by - service providers to candidates.
, ✔✔State party chairpersons are likely to have previous experience in - Elective office,
Business, The legal profession
✔✔Get-out-the-vote efforts with mostly volunteer workers are usually coordinated
through - local party organizations.
✔✔Voters often choose to register with the dominant party in their state for all of the
following reasons EXCEPT - the dominant party is the most uninspiring.
✔✔Party control over governorships and state legislatures has - fluctuated over time.
✔✔States where one political party controls one or both house of the legislature and the
other political party controls the governorships have a - divided party government.
✔✔Legislative gridlock often occurs in states with divided government when the
proposed legislation is - highly controversial.
✔✔The level of party competition in a state may be measured by all of the following
EXCEPT - media favoritism.
✔✔Party competition is most likely to produce policy differences when there exists a -
bimodal distribution of opinion.
✔✔Modern professional media campaigns involve all of the following techniques
EXCEPT - on-the-job training opportunities.
✔✔The primary objective of a professional media campaign is to highlight a candidate's
- personal image.
✔✔Polling can determine which of the following? - All of the above
✔✔Professional media campaigns are predominately used in statewide races to -
contact more potential voters through television, radio, and newspaper advertising.
✔✔___________ campaigning focuses on direct contact with potential voters, while
_____________ campaigning focuses on advertising. - Grassroots, media
✔✔Negative campaigning seems to be the most successful when - the attack focuses
on the issues rather than the candidate.
✔✔Campaign spending is generally more influential in the outcome of a race when -
spending occurs in larger, more populous areas.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Those involved in a party's organization include all of the following EXCEPT -
apathetic voters.
✔✔Republican party activists tend to be more _______ than the general public, and
Democratic party activists tend to be more ________ than the general public. -
conservative, liberal
✔✔Party activists often become candidates themselves for all the following reasons
EXCEPT - limited access to key campaign contributors.
✔✔The power structure of American political parties is - decentralized.
✔✔The primary responsibility of national committees in both political parties is to - hold
national conventions to formally select the party's presidential candidate.
✔✔State party affairs are governed largely by the - laws of the states.
✔✔The qualifications for membership in a party and the right to vote in the party's
primary election are set by - state law.
✔✔State communities have remained very influential in the electoral process by acting
by - service providers to candidates.
, ✔✔State party chairpersons are likely to have previous experience in - Elective office,
Business, The legal profession
✔✔Get-out-the-vote efforts with mostly volunteer workers are usually coordinated
through - local party organizations.
✔✔Voters often choose to register with the dominant party in their state for all of the
following reasons EXCEPT - the dominant party is the most uninspiring.
✔✔Party control over governorships and state legislatures has - fluctuated over time.
✔✔States where one political party controls one or both house of the legislature and the
other political party controls the governorships have a - divided party government.
✔✔Legislative gridlock often occurs in states with divided government when the
proposed legislation is - highly controversial.
✔✔The level of party competition in a state may be measured by all of the following
EXCEPT - media favoritism.
✔✔Party competition is most likely to produce policy differences when there exists a -
bimodal distribution of opinion.
✔✔Modern professional media campaigns involve all of the following techniques
EXCEPT - on-the-job training opportunities.
✔✔The primary objective of a professional media campaign is to highlight a candidate's
- personal image.
✔✔Polling can determine which of the following? - All of the above
✔✔Professional media campaigns are predominately used in statewide races to -
contact more potential voters through television, radio, and newspaper advertising.
✔✔___________ campaigning focuses on direct contact with potential voters, while
_____________ campaigning focuses on advertising. - Grassroots, media
✔✔Negative campaigning seems to be the most successful when - the attack focuses
on the issues rather than the candidate.
✔✔Campaign spending is generally more influential in the outcome of a race when -
spending occurs in larger, more populous areas.
