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Blake is the single most important factor in predicting whether an individual votes

Education level

It is likely that eliminating state level voter registration laws would

Increase voter turn out among younger people

Which of the following states does not permit election day registration

Indiana

What block of voters has recently been called "the sleeping giant"?

Latino Americans

Which of the following characteristics constitutes one's socioeconomic status

Level of income, level of education, and prestige of occupation

Compared with western Europe, the United States has a blank turnout in elections

Lower

Political parties have been doing less blank in recent years

Mobilizing of voters

And example of the phenomenon called the gender gap would be that

More women than men vote for Democrats

The protest against SOPa and PIPA are examples of how

New media can be effectively used to mobilize offline participation in politics

——— is the only state that does not require voter registration

North Dakota

Which of the following statements is true about political participation

African Americans and Latinos are less likely to participate in politics than whites.

Which of the following statements about Asian Americans is true

Although a majority of Asian Americans voted Republican in the 1990s, in the 2000s they have been voting increasingly Democratic.

Which of the following statements about the 2004 presidential election is true

Both B and c

The 26th amendment was ratified

During the Vietnam war

Which of the following statements is true

Republicans were better organized than Democrats in 2004

Which of the following groups have had the highest level of political participation

Senior citizens 65 and over

Under the Constitution, blank has/have the power to regulate elections

State legislators

What is one reason that Political parties and politicians view Latinos as a critically important group?

The Latino population in the United States is large and rapidly growing.

Nonelectoral forms of participation usually require more ——— Than voting

Time, money, and effort

Women are disadvantaged as candidates for office because

male candidates are more likely to have the advantage of incumbency in office.

The 15th amendment, ratified in 1870, mandated that

no state could prevent the right to vote on account of race.

State-level data from 1980-2010 suggests that

stringent voter ID laws have the effect of lowering overall turnout.

What was the original purpose of the voter registration

to reduce corruption by making it more difficult to vote

Which of the following is not a reform that has attempted to make voting easier

voter ID laws

According to political scientists, voter registration requirements reduce voter turnout by as much as ——-percent

50

SOPA and PIPA were

bills considered by Congress in 2012 to extend U.S. copyright laws beyond U.S. borders.

The main goal of the group Rock the Vote is to

draw young voters into participating politically

The power of the Christian Coalition in the 1990s was due to

its success in mobilizing a large grassroots base