The belief that one should vote in order to support democratic government is called
-civic duty
What is civic duty.
100
Who is more likely to vote: the young or the elderly?
What is the elderly.
100
What is policy voting?
What is when voters base their voting decisions on their own issue preferences.
100
What shapes public policy?
What is elections.
200
True or false: People who are married are more likely to vote than those who are not.
What is true.
200
True or False: Republicans in the election of 1896 supported the gold standard.
What is true.
200
True or false: Racial minorities are usually over represented in voting.
What is false.
200
African Americans, people of the Jewish religion, and other minority groups are more likely to be _______ while conservative evangelical Christians and upper-income citizens are more likely to be ______.
What is Democrats; Republicans.
200
What is retrospective voting?
What is voters asking the simple question, “What have you done for me lately?"
300
This is the belief that one’s political participation can actually make a difference in government.
What is political efficacy.
300
The election of 1896 (nominees William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan) was mainly fought over __________.
What is economics.
300
This law allowed eligible voters to register by checking a box on their driver’s license.
What is the Motor Voter Act.
300
What is the mandate theory of elections?
What is the premise that the election winner has a mandate to carry out the promised policies.
300
This president was in office during the Great Depression.
What is Herbert Hoover.
400
What is legitimacy?
What is a characterization of elections by political scientists meaning that they are almost universally accepted as a fair and free method of selecting political leaders. When legitimacy is high, as in the US, even the losers accept the the results peacefully.
400
In his address at the 2004 Democratic Convention this person stated “There is not a liberal America and a conservative America- there is the United States of America.”
What is Barack Obama.
400
Who is more likely to vote: those with an education or those without?
What is those with an education.
400
What are the three most important parts of candidate image?
What is integrity, reliability, and competence.
400
Public policies can affect _____ ______.
What is electoral outcomes.
500
There are 2 methods for getting items on a ballot. Name and describe both of them.
What is referendum and initiative petition. Referendum is a state level method of direct legislation that gives voters a chance to approve or disapprove proposed legislation or a proposed constitutional amendment. Initiative petition is allowed in only some states, whereby voters may put proposed changes in the state law to a vote if a sufficient amount of signatures are obtained on petitions.
500
The first peaceful transition of power between parties through the electoral process occurred in the election of 1800. The presidency shifted from President _____________ to challenger _____________.
What is Adams; Jefferson.
500
Voter registration, the frequency of different elections (12 or more in a 4 year period), the lack of a major left wing socialist party, and midweek elections all cause this.
What is low voter turnout.
500
What are the three major elements that political scientists believe effect voters decisions?
What is voters' party identification, voters' evaluation of the candidates, and the match between voters' policy positions and those of the candidates and the parties (policy voting).
500
This U.S. President cut the growth of domestic spending, reduced taxes, and built up military capabilities.