chapter 5

Question 1

primary elections are the first elections held in what type of cycle?

Answer 1

electoral cycle

Question 2

which year did Texas Legislature grant the right to vote only in primary and party conventions

Answer 2

1918

Question 3

which year did Texas ratified the nineteenth amendment, allowing women to vote in all elections

Answer 3

1919

Question 4

refers to the act of voting or the right to vote

Answer 4

“the franchise”

Question 5

effectively prevented migrant workers from voting

Answer 5

early registration

Question 6

what court case ended all white primaries?

Answer 6

Smith v. Allwright

Question 7

The Supreme Court struck down the Texas White Primary Law under the Equal Protections Clause of the 14th Amendment

Answer 7

Nixon vs Herndon

Question 8

after the white primary was ruled unconstitutional, this offshoot democratic party pre-selected candidates for the democratic primary and prohibited African Americans from participating.

Answer 8

Jaybird primary

Question 9

which case ruled the Jaybird primary unconstitutional

Answer 9

Terry v Adams

Question 10

roughly 5% of African Americans were registered to vote in what year?

Answer 10

1940

Question 11

which state is African American turnout higher than any other state?

Answer 11

Texas

Question 12

determines how many congressional seats each state will recieve

Answer 12

reapportionment

Question 13

redrawing districts for partisan advantage

Answer 13

gerrymandering

Question 14

case that said districts must be based on population and not geographical size

Answer 14

Wesbury vs Sanders

Question 15

case that said that districts must be contiguous (have to be one)

Answer 15

Shaw vs. Reno

Question 16

case that said you cannot draw districts to benefit one race over another

Answer 16

Miller vs Johnson

Question 17

which state ranks low in the nation in voter participation

Answer 17

texas

Question 18

based on the perception of an incumbent’s past performance in office, or the performance of the incumbency party (incumbents)

Answer 18

Retrospective Voting

Question 19

evaluating the incumbent officeholder and the incumbents party based on expectations of future developments (challengers)

Answer 19

Prospective Voting

Question 20

what is the best predictor of how an individual will vote

Answer 20

Party ID

Question 21

issues that everyone supports

Answer 21

Valence issues

Question 22

offices are listed in descending order of importance

Answer 22

party column ballot

Question 23

a ballot printed by government that allows people to vote in secret

Answer 23

Australian Ballot

Question 24

ballots that have the ability to speak multiple languages

Answer 24

Multilingualism Ballots

Question 25

an individual who currently holds a set of responsibilities within a specific office as part of a corporation or within a branch of the government

Answer 25

incumbent

Question 26

a type of retrospective voting where voters focus on their personal financial situation when deciding which candidate to vote for

Answer 26

pocketbook voting

Question 27

The effects of individuals judgement about how the nation is doing economically on their evaluation of incumbents.

Answer 27

sociotropic voting

Question 28

what are the 3 strongest predicts on who will vote?

Answer 28

age, education, income