VOTING BEHAVIOUR IN THE USA

Question 1

Did the republicans care about covid

Answer 1

NO - thought it was over exaggerated

Democrats saw it as a real problem

Question 2

What are the main 2 factors in which an american votes

Answer 2

Voter profile

Issues, candidates personalities and how effective their campaign’s

Question 3

what party do men and women tend to back

Answer 3

men - republican

Women - democrat

Question 4

What party do ethnics and whites tend to vote

Answer 4

white - republican

Ethnics - Democrat

Question 5

What party do christians versus atheists vote

Answer 5

Atheists - democrat

Christian - republican

Question 6

What party do wealthier people vote for

Answer 6

Republican

Question 7

how do age effect voter behaviour

Answer 7

younger - democrats

older - republicans

Question 8

What is a realigning election

Answer 8

When a group of voters switches to a new party or candidate

Question 9

What is a realigning election

Answer 9

When a group of voters switches to a new party or candidate

Question 10

What happened to voters in the south

Answer 10

Switched to republican after the democrats in the 1960’s pushed for civil rights

South thought they were betrayed by the democrat party

Question 11

What are 2 realigning elections

Answer 11

1932

2016

Question 12

how many years had the republicans been in charge before he 1932 election

Answer 12

30 years

Question 13

Why was there such a switch in 1932

Answer 13

The great depression happened under hoovers watch - Laissez - faire economics didn’t work

FDR had dealt with it well in his state government

Question 14

What was the results in the 1928 and 1932 elections

Answer 14

1928 - 444-87 ECV’s in republican win

1932- 472-59 ECV’s in democrat win

Question 15

What did FDR promise in 1932

Answer 15

More interventionist government including the “new deal”

Question 16

How did FDR win the election by so much

Answer 16

As Hoover was so unliked he just needed to keep himself out of trouble

He created the “new deal coalition” which included many ethnic groups and liberals

Question 17

How long were democrats in charge after the 1932 election

Answer 17

36 years until 1968

Question 18

Why did democrats lose a hold on the presidency

Answer 18

Starting to lose south when gaining civil rights

Question 19

what were the personalities of the 2 main candidates for the 2016 election

Answer 19

Hillary - Political insider

Trump - outsider

Question 20

First example since when of a victory from an outsider

Answer 20

Since eisenhower in 1952

But trump didn’t have the military background to boast either

Question 21

generally what was the 2016 seen as a victory for

Answer 21

populism rather than experienced and mainstream politics

Question 22

What states swang to republicans 2016

Answer 22

Blue-collar workers in rust best states

Michigan and ohio

Question 23

What gap was seen widening in the 2016 election

Answer 23

urban and multi-cultural usa vs white rural usa

Question 24

Why should the main shifts in voting behaviour for 2016 be taken with a grain of salt

Answer 24

many voter blocks stayed the same as 2012

Question 25

What was the main voter shift in 2016

Answer 25

Less well-educated white voters in upper midwest states as michigan and ohio

Question 26

What happened to the 3 rust belt states in 2020

Answer 26

reverted to democrats

Question 27

What is the caution about 2016 being a realigning election

Answer 27

The 3 rust belt states going back to democrat in 2020

Many shifts only short-term