Chapter 12. Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
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Which of the following groups is most likely to vote?
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Upper-income Americans
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According to the textbook, which of the following does NOT contribute to increased or decreased voter turnout?
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fewer or more selective incentives offered by parties and candidates for voting
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Which piece of legislation made it possible for citizens to register to vote while accessing other state services?
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Motor Voter Bill
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All of the following statements are true concerning voter turnout EXCEPT
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Turnout among young people has now caught up with turnout among older citizens
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All of the following statements concerning the effects of race, gender, and ethnicity on voting preferences are true EXCEPT
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Women tend to support a female candidate regardless of the candidate's party
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Which type of voting requires the most of voters and why?
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Prospective voting, because voters base their decisions on well-informed opinions and consideration of future consequences
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Retrospective voting is based on
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reactions to past performance, where a voter either approves the status quo or signals a desire for change.
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During the pre-primary season, candidates for president engage in all of the following activities EXCEPT
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winning delegates
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The Democratic Party uses the ______ method to distribute primary delegates to the party's convention.
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proportional representation
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How is the number of electors a state gets in the Electoral College determined?
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An elector for every representative in the U.S. House of Representatives and for every senator in the U.S. Senate
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The strategy and research that form the basis of presidential campaigns is done by
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the professional staff hired by the candidates
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A position issue is
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an issue on which the parties differ in their perspectives and proposed solutions
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Since public funding of presidential elections began, Barack Obama was the first major-party presidential candidate to
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fund his general election campaign without taking government funding
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Hard money refers to campaign funds donated
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directly to campaigns by individuals and PACs
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In a presidential election, the winning candidate inevitably claims
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an electoral mandate
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The 2010 decision Citizens United v Federal Election Commission resulted in system whereby
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the Supreme Court ruled that corporations and unions are free to engage in broadcast campaigns, with some limitations
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All of the following are factors that determine who votes and who doesn't EXCEPT
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geographic location
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Studies show that which of the following is the most likely to get someone to vote?
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Personal contacts
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Voter mobilization includes contacting peopleâ?\"especially supportersâ?\"to inform them
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about the election and to persuade them to vote
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The presidential election turnout rate has hovered around _______ percent over the past thirty years.
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60
