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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?

  • 60%
  • 70%
  • 50%