What is the main reason the early primaries and caucuses have so much influence?
a. Candidates who win early in the process are able to get more endorsements and contributions that help them in the remaining races.
b. Federal law prohibits any candidate who has not won a primary or caucus by February 20th from continuing a presidential bid.
c. Later in the election season people begin to lose interest.
d. Other candidates drop out of the race if they do not win at least one of the first three primaries or caucuses.
e. States with earlier primaries and caucuses have more delegates to send to the convention.
ANS: A
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a. The leaders of the student government trying to do what they think is most popular. b. The members of a fraternity all accepting that athletics are more important than academics. c. A group of students protesting against an increase in tuition and fees done without student input. d. The professors largely accepting the idea that their main purpose is to prepare students to think for themselves.
If a president excluded critics from the next press conference in order to give favorable coverage to a highly controversial law supported by the current administration, the president would be engaging in __________.
A. bias B. social distortion C. political distortion D. news management