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26 Cards in this Set
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What share of the voting age population is actually registered to vote in the US? |
Two thirds |
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Which of the following statements about the motor -voter law is accurate? |
It requires states to allow people to register to vote when applying for a drivers license. |
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A 2001 study found that motor - voter registrants are less likely than other new registrants to |
Vote |
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At the time the constitution was ratified, voting was limited to |
Property owners or tax payers |
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The most important changes in elections have included all of the following except |
Direct popular election of representatives in the house. |
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Which of the following were employed to discriminate against Africans Americans who wanted to vote? |
Literacy tests, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, white primaries. |
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Initially, following passage of the nineteenth amendment, women |
Voted less often than men, but generally on the same manner. |
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The voting right act of 1970, which gave eighteen- year-olds the right to vote in state and federal elections |
Was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. |
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One explanation for the apparent decline in voter turn out suggests that high voter turn out in the nineteenth century was actually the result of |
Massive voter fraud and manipulation. |
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Until about 1890, ballots were printed by the |
Political parties |
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Adoption of the Australian ballot enables US citizens to vote |
In secret |
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After the 1890's, the voter-registration regulations became more burdensome because |
Longer residency requirements, harder for blacks to vote, educational qualifications were added in some states, voters were required to register far in advance of the elections |
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In 2002, congress passes legislation that did all of the following except |
Create a uniform national voting system |
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VEP measures of turn out may be a more accurate measure of voter turn out than VAP measures because |
VEP measures attempt to remove ineligible voters from data |
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When one refocuses analysis of voter turn out in the last fourteen presidential elections to VEP measures, it is clear that |
Voter turn out has generally remained the same |
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About what percent of the american population are completely inactive in politics? |
20 |
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All of the following statements are accurate descriptions of those who are inactive in politics except |
They tend to be extremely liberal or conservative |
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Those who cast ballots in elections but engage in no other form of political participation are called |
Voting specialists |
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Those who prefer to participate on politics by forming and joining nonpartisan groups and dealing with various issues in then are referred to as |
Communalists |
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Those who stayvout of electoral contests and community organizations but will contact officials to deal with specific problems are called |
Parochial participants |
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Which of the following are more likely to vote and otherwise take part in politics? |
Regular churchgoers |
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Who tens to think that they will benefit from increases in registration and voting? |
Democrats |
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The best evidence suggests americans |
Are voting less and participating in politics more |
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The number of elective offices in the US, compared with European nations, is |
Much higher |
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Compared with Europeans, american voters are offered the opportunity to vote |
More frequently |
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One important demographic change that has yet to be studied In any meaningful way is |
The impact the growing Hispanic population will have on elections. |