What Was One of the Ways the 2012 Election Was

question 19

Multiple Choice

What was one of the ways the 2012 election was significant?

• A) It was the most expensive election in American history due to the Citizens United ruling that corporations could spend an unlimited amount to support candidates.
• B) Mitt Romney showed his willingness to alienate right-wing voters by embracing giving undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship.
• C) The nation's fastest-growing groups, including Latinos, Asian Americans, and African Americans, tended to vote for Mitt Romney, signaling a new Republican party.
• D) Throughout the country, all laws that stifled voting by people of color, poor people, and immigrants were repealed, and Obama won in a landslide as a result.
• E) A majority of the white voters voted for Obama, demonstrating how far civil rights had advanced since the period following the Civil War.

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Definitions:

Current Flow

The flow of electric charge carriers like electrons through a conductor or space.

Power Dissipation

The conversion of electrical energy into heat in various components of a circuit, often leading to energy loss.

Resistors

Components used in electrical circuits to limit or regulate the flow of electrical current, often for the purpose of generating heat or dropping voltage.

Current Path

The path or route that electric current follows as it flows through a circuit.