CH 7

Question 1

Which of the following makes it easy for a citizen to register to vote?

Question 2

Which of the following is a reason to make voter registration more difficult?

Question 3

What unusual step did Oregon take to increase voter registration?

Question 4

What effect did the National Voter Registration Act have on voter registration?

Question 5

What challenges do college students face with regard to voter registration?

Question 6

If you wanted to prove the United States is suffering from low voter turnout, a calculation based on which population would yield the lowest voter turnout rate?

Question 7

What characterizes those most likely to vote in the next election?

Question 8

Why do Belgium, Turkey, and Australia have higher voter turnout rates than the United States?

Question 9

What recommendations would you make to increase voter turnout in the United States?

Question 10

Why does age affect whether a citizen will vote?

Question 11

If you were going to predict whether your classmates would vote in the next election, what questions would you ask them?

Question 12

A state might hold a primary instead of a caucus because a primary is ________.

Question 13

Which of the following citizens is most likely to run for office?

Question 14

Where and when do Electoral College electors vote?

Question 15

In which type of election are you most likely to see coattail effects?

Question 16

What problems will candidates experience with frontloading?

Question 17

Why have fewer moderates won primaries than they used to?

Question 18

How do political parties influence the state’s primary system?

Question 19

Why do parties prefer closed primaries to open primaries?

Question 20

Susan is currently working two part-time jobs and is frustrated about the poor economy. On Election Day, she votes for every challenger on the ballot, because she feels the president and Congress are not doing enough to help her. What type of vote did she cast?

Question 21

Which factor is most likely to lead to the incumbency advantage for a candidate?

Question 22

In what ways is voting your party identification an informed choice? In what ways is it lazy?