Imagine the general election as the championship game. If that’s the case, what is the most essential function of a primary election, the contest held months beforehand, in determining the final match-up?

The landmark Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) is primarily significant for which of the following holdings?

Which of the following definitions most accurately describes the White Primary system during the Jim Crow era?

What is the fundamental difference in the voting experience between a typical primary election and a caucus?

Which of the following best describes the principle of selective incorporation?

The earliest and arguably most significant source for the formation of an individual’s political opinions and fundamental ideologies is often their:

Imagine a large city election. You know that if you vote, your candidate will get one more vote. You also know that your single vote has almost zero chance of being the tie-breaker that decides who wins.  This situation, where the cost of voting (your time) seems much bigger than the tiny chance of your vote actually mattering, is known as:

What is the most critical rule about hard money in political campaigns?

An analysis of federal lobbying expenditures and the number of registered lobbyists over the past several decades consistently shows that a specific category of interest groups dominates the political influence game in Washington D.C. Which category of interest group accounts for the largest proportion of registered lobbyists and annual lobbying spending?

What is the primary guarantee provided by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?