6. When were the McGovern Fraser reforms which brought a loss of party control over nominations by opening them up to mass participation in state primaries and caucuses?
1970s
1980s
1960s
7. Voters are influenced by mainly economic concerns over what period before Election day?
1 month
3 months
6 months
a year
8. How many votes did the weather in the 2000 presidential election cost Gore?
two million
one million
500,000
250,000
9. In which state is the party choice the nominee, unless challenged by someone with 20% of the convention or caucus vote or a petition with a significant number of signatures?
Maine
Connecticut
Maryland
Massachsetts
10. What percent of people identified with the Democrats (incl. leaners) in April 2016
49%
41%
11. Which state is the most Republican?
Washington
Wyoming
Wisconsin
12. Who argues that both parties have become more nationalised because they are constituents of the national party and because regional disparities in electoral success have been decreasing?
Huckshorn et al 1986
Freeman 1986
Gibson et al 1983
13. How many states are solid blue as of Feb 2016?
14
20
14. Who argues that parties are best understood as coaltions of interests groups and activists?
Bawn et al 2012
Fiorina
15. Which states are the most Democratic?
Hawaii and Vermont
Alaska and New Hampshire
16. Who finds that the effect of local party activity has a greater impact on election outcomes of candidates for national office in contexts that are competitive or unfavourable to the local party?
Jenkins and Roscoe 2014
Sanbonmatsu 2006
17. Who asserts that party leaders control the legislative agenda, suppressing proposals that might split the party and promoting the party program, creating a 'brand name' valuable for winning elections?
Coz and McCubbins
Reay and Lucey
King and Smith
18. Who argues that the flow of power goes in different directions in the two parties, with a downflow from the highly socially homogenous elites in the Rep party and upwards with the inculsion of multiple groups in Dem.?
Freeman 1986
Gibson 1983
19. In 2000 what percent of the population did not know who controlled the House of Representatives?
47%
37%
20. In Utah what percent of the state party convention vote must a candidate receive to be automatically nominated?