Author Question: A candidate for political office faces two important structural factors when planning a campaign: ... (Read 23 times)

cherise1989 · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

A candidate for political office faces two important structural factors when planning a campaign: the office the candidate is seeking and

A) whether he or she is the incumbent or the challenger.
B) the available funds needed to conduct the campaign.
C) the current majority political party.
D) how many other candidates are seeking office.
E) the size of the Electoral College.

Question 2

One notable feature of first-past-the-post elections is that

A) candidates usually cannot win them unless they capture more than a majority of the popular vote.
B) they require at least three candidates running for the same office.
C) they originated as a voting system in ancient Greece.
D) they produce sizable discrepancies between votes won and seats won.
E) they tend to favor candidates with lower name recognition.