Voting, Public Opinion, And Polling Ch 10 Magruder's Vol II Question Preview (ID: 40434)


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The electoral college, along with the popular vote of the people determines the winner of a presidential election. What majority of the electoral vote is need in order to be declared the winner?
a) 100
b) 538
c) 270
d) 435

Which of the following is NOT true concerning the expansion of suffrage in the United States?
a) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated literacy tests.
b) The Fifteenth Amendment eliminated race qualifications in voting
c) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated literacy tests.
d) Religious qualifications and property ownership requirements were abolished after the Civil War.

On election day, campaigns generally devote fewer resources to neighborhoods in which
a) voters need help getting to the polls.
b) the candidate has little support.
c) the both sides have a slim margin to victor.
d) there are a lot of Asian Muslims

Many scholars argue that the foremost factor in determining how people vote is
a) party identification
b) gender
c) a candidate's image
d) age

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

Voters who are in the middle of the political spectrum are called
a) Conservative
b) Liberal
c) Moderate
d) Socialist

This gave women the right to vote.
a) Twenty-Sixth Amendment
b) the Nineteenth Amendment
c) the Fifteenth Amendment
d) the Civil Rights Act of 1920

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

Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution lowered the voting age to eighteen?
a) 13th
b) 19th
c) 21st
d) 26th

This is vital to the success of United States democracy.
a) PAC's
b) voting
c) a strong economy
d) lobbying

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