Beginning with the 2010 Election, Corporations Were Free to Run

question 63

Multiple Choice

Beginning with the 2010 election, corporations were free to run ads directly advocating a candidate's election for the first time since 1907 when Congress first banned using general corporate funds in federal election campaigns. This occurred based on which 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision?

• A) Federal Election Commission v. McCain
• B) Feingold v. McConnell
• C) Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
• D) BCRA v. Fox News
• E) FEC v. Americans United Trust

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Definitions:

Dispersed Distribution

Refers to how spread out or scattered the data points are within a distribution.

Weighted Mean

An average in which each quantity to be averaged is assigned a weight, reflecting its importance or frequency.

Geometric Mean

The nth root of the product of n numbers, used to calculate average rates of return or growth over time for variables that fluctuate multiplicatively.

Data Value

A specific piece of information, often numerical, that is collected, analyzed, or stored as part of a data set.