Exam #3 Flashcards
Who was allowed to vote when our nation was founded?
Property requirements, Religious requirements, and white men only.
Who were impacted by the 15th, 19th, and 26th amendments?
The 15th was African American Men in 1870. The 19th was Women in 1920. The 26th was voting at the age of 18 in 1971.
What percentage of the voting population participates in presidential elections and
in congressional elections?
55% vote in presidential elections and 33% vote in congressional elections.
What is the difference between the popular vote and the electoral college vote in a
presidential election? What was the outcome of the 2020 presidential election
compared to the 2016 presidential election?
Popular vote is the vote that the people make. The electoral college vote is who actually picks who will be president. The outcome of the 2020 presidential election was that the popular vote did not vote for trump but he still won the presidency. The outcome of the 2016 presidential elections was that the popular vote matched the decision of the electoral vote which ultimately was Obama.
Who holds the responsibility to register to vote?
You do
In the US, how are political candidates selected?
Each party holds a national convention to select final presidential nominees. From there state delegates from the primaries and caucuses selected to represent the people will now “endorse” their favorite candidates and the final presidential nominee from each party will be officially announced at the end of the conventions.
Voter registration requirements are controlled by which level of government?
The state government
What are impediments to voting and what are the consequences?
Post Reduction Practices were designed to impact black american (negatively).
-Literacy Test
-Grandfather Clause
-Poll taxes ($$$)
-White Primary (limits the field of candidates for a particular election.)
What accounts for decreased voter turnout?
-Satisfaction
-Turned off
-Social mobility
-Barriers to Registration
-Failure of Parties
-Rational Calculation.
What is the incumbent advantage?
Members of congress receive many perks that can be used to cultivate their constituencies.
What is divided government?
A divided government is a type of government in presidential systems, when control of the executive branch and the legislative branch is split between two political parties, respectively, and in semi-presidential systems, when the executive branch itself is split between two parties.
What is the American political culture?
A shared body of values and beliefs
that shapes perceptions and
attitudes toward politics and
government and, in turn, influences
political behavior.
What is public opinion? How is it related to individual opinion?
Public opinion is an aggregate of attitudes and opinions of individuals on a significant issue through socialization. Individual opinions are not tainted or influenced.
What is political socialization? What are the factors or agents of socialization in
order of occurrence?
Origins of political opinions.
-Family (most durable)
-School (k-12)
-Church
-Generational Effects
-Media Influenced ***
What is public opinion polling? What factors affect opinion polling and how?
Interviews or surveys with samples of citizens that are used to estimate the feelings & beliefs of the entire population.
The media.
