Voting And Elections Vol III Question Preview (ID: 37515)


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In American presidential elections, voter turnout is typically
a) below 30 percent
b) below 60 percent
c) over 80 percent
d) nearly 100 percent

Conventional political participation includes all of the following activities EXCEPT
a) paying your taxes
b) voting
c) writing your Congressman
d) putting a candidate's sign on your front lawn.

The poll tax was a device used to prevent electoral participation by
a) poor people throughout the nation.
b) blacks throughout the nation.
c) poor people in the North.
d) southern blacks.

Until 1920, women were kept from voting by
a) their own choice
b) intimidation
c) law
d) social custom

The elections that produce the largest voter turnout are the
a) local elections
b) presidential elections
c) senatorial elections
d) House elections

Democrats have lost their once strong hold on all of the following EXCEPT
a) Catholics
b) southerners
c) union members
d) African Americans

In most American states, candidates for the office of president are chosen by
a) the people
b) party leaders
c) primary elections
d) conventions

Which Democratic candidate entered the race one month after Hillary Clinton and dropped out right after the Iowa caucus in 2016?
a) Martin O'Malley
b) Donald Trump
c) Oprah Winfrey
d) Barack Obama

Registered voters directly elect which of the following? I. The Presidfent and Vice President II. SCOTUS Justices III. Members of the Senate IV. Members of the House of Representatives
a) I only
b) IV only
c) I and II only
d) III and IV only

All of the following contribute to lower voting rates among Americans in the 18-to-25 age bracket EXCEPT
a) college attendance in a state other than one's home state
b) frequent relocation of one's primary address
c) the remoteness of most political issues to the daily lives of young people.
d) the fact that the minimum voting age in some states is 21

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