POS 100 test 2 set 2

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The typical procedure for an initiative requires petitions to feature the signatures of __________ of the number of registered voters in a state.

5 to 10 percent

Twenty-one state governors have been unseated through

Recall

Which country was the first to provide for the general election of representatives through mass suffrage?

United States

At the local level, voters elect about __________ of 13,800 school districts across the nation

95 percent

In 2001-2002, over 42 percent of registrations for voting were done though

motor-voter provisions

In Smith v. Allwright, the Supreme Court found __________ is (are) unconstitutional.

preventing blacks from voting in primary elections

The effect of the Twenty-sixth Amendment, which enfranchised eighteen-to-twenty-year-olds, was to

reduce the national voter turnout rate

A 2009 study showed that half of all voters are unaware that they can

register at motor vehicle offices

A legal action brought by a person or group on behalf of a number of people in similar circumstances is also known as a(n)

class action suit

Some studies show that direct political action appeals most to those who __________ the political system and have a _________ sense of political efficacy

distrust; strong

The standard socioeconomic model of participation chiefly refers to

education, income, and occupation

Petitioning a local government council to rebuild a curb in front of your home is a(n)

example of seeking particular benefits

Compared with other nations in the world in granting suffrage to women, the United States

was among the first

If voter-turnout was computed on the basis of registered voters, about __________ of Americans vote.

80 percent

The __________ to the Constitution prohibits states from denying the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

Fifteenth Amendment

The last governor recalled from office was Governor

Gray Davis of California

Most referenda are placed on the ballot by

Legislatures

Which nation did not extend the vote on equal terms with men until 1971?

Switzerland

The amendment lowering the voting age to eighteen is the

Twenty-sixth Amendment

Women were first given the right to vote in

Wyoming

Direct action includes

a citizen's group appearing before the city council seeking change in an ordinance

A practical test of whether or not a government is democratic is whether

citizens can affect its policies by acting through its institutions.

Americans contributing money to a candidate's campaign is best defined as a form of

influencing behavior

Political scientists know less about unconventional forms of political participation because

it is easier to collect data on conventional practices and they are biased toward institutionalized, or conventional, politics

Americans are less likely to __________ than citizens of other countrie

join demonstrations

In Oregon, everyone votes by

mail

Today, __________ states allow voters to both register and vote on the day of the election.

nine

A direct primary is a

preliminary election to choose party candidates

Studies of Americans who engage in "contacting behavior" like complaining to city hall find

they are not more likely to engage in other forms of political activity

The American emphasis on freedom over equality in political participation works to the benefit of

those with greater resources


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