AP Homework 4/1

1. What are some advantages and disadvantages of a runoff primary?
2. Define the coattail effect? What would a negative coattail be?
3. What is split ticket vote? Is it more or less common today? How has split ticket voting (or lack thereof) affected American politics today?
4. What is soft money?
5. What are motor voter laws?
6. How has the modern age and the rise of the internet changed the power of political parties?
7. Write down 5 reasons why incumbents are usually re-elected.
8. What is cloture and how does it relate to the filibuster.