Political Science Ch.14-Inbody
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Political efficacy
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Citizens' feelings of effectiveness in political affairs
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Voter turnout has been ____ recently in presidential elections
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rising
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State voter registration laws have tended to _____ voter turnout
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decrease
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Elections perform all of the following functions EXCEPT
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A. selecting leaders. B. *decreasing political efficacy.* C. informing the public. D. containing conflict. E. making political outcomes acceptable to the participants.
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Citizens' feelings of effectiveness in political affairs is called
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political efficacy
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In recent presidential elections, voter turnout has been
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rising.
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The primary impact of state voter registration laws has been to
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decrease turnout.
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What method has increased voter registration?
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Motor Voter bills
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Those who are LESS likely to vote tend to be
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poor rather than wealthy.
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A party's effort to inform potential voters and persuade them to vote for that party is known as
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voter mobilization.
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The single biggest factor accounting for how people decide to vote is
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party identification.
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_______ voting occurs when people base their voting decisions on well-informed opinions and consideration of the future consequences of their votes.
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Prospective
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_______ voting occurs when people use their judgment of the current political situation along with the past performance of the incumbents.
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Retrospective
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Major-party presidential nominations are now determined primarily by
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convention delegates selected in party primaries, caucuses, and state conventions.
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A party caucus is a meeting of
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local party members who choose delegates for the national convention.
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Front-loading is the process of
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scheduling presidential primaries earlier in the primary season.
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Politicians who are thinking about running for the presidency begin their run by
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testing the waters unofficially.
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______ determine(s) how delegates are distributed by the primaries.
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Party rules
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Delegates to the national conventions are chosen
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in primary elections and caucuses.
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Typically the three important tasks of the presidential convention are to pick the presidential candidate,
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select the vice presidential candidate, and write the party's platform.
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Which of the following statements is NOT true about the choice of a vice presidential candidate?
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Traditionally the vice presidential candidate is from the same region and wing of the party as the presidential candidate.
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The term \"convention bump\" refers to
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the opinion poll spike that most candidates enjoy immediately after the convention.
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When analyzing campaign advertisements, one should ask all of the following questions EXCEPT
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How much did the ad cost?
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The Constitution dictates that each state has
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one elector for each senator and representative.
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Faithless electors, as defined by the text, are electors who
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vote their conscience rather than for the candidate they were pledged to support in the Electoral College.
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All of the following statements concerning the Electoral College are true EXCEPT
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A. *The rules of the Electoral College give all the states importance in presidential elections.* B. Critics argue that the Electoral College is undemocratic. C. Critics argue that a close election could be decided by a few faithless electors. D. It distorts candidates' campaign strategies. E. All the proposed alternatives have problems or at least serious criticisms.
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According to the textbook, for candidates the goal of presidential campaigns is to
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mobilize their base and entice swing voters to vote for them.
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Swing voters are
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people who have not made up their minds at the start of the campaign
