GOVT 2305 Exam 2

11. Party identification refers to

. An emotional attachment to a political party

15. Historically dramatic change in party identification is uncommon and is almost always a consequence of

. Major upheaval (p172)

24. What percentage of states hold their gubernatorial election nonpresidential years?

75 percent

30. As distinct from alienation, apathy is

A general lack of interest in politics

32. Which of the following groups is MOST closely aligned with the Democratic Party, voting more than 80 percent Democratic in presidential elections?

Africans Americans

17. Friedrich Engels believed that communism would not take root in the United States because

American workers lacked sufficient class consciousness

18. A general belief about the role and purpose of government is called

An ideology

31. _______ lost the 1964 presidential election in a landslide because his views were seen as too extreme

Barry Goldwater

40. A candidate for which minor party in 1912 managed to earn more votes than one of his major party opponents?

Bull Moose

5. One example of a policy that aimed chiefly to overcome de facto discrimination is

Busing to achieve racial integration

13. Which of the following statements about party identification is true?

Currently, more people identify as Democrats than as Republicans

8. In 2007 the Supreme Court ruled that the pursuit of racial integration in public schools through busing

Deprived student of the Fourteenth Amendment right to equal right protection

4. The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas ruling (1954) held that racial segregation schools violated the

Equal protection clause o the fourteenth amendment

39. In twentieth-century American history, the most important minor parties were ____parties.

Factional

34. Which of the following groups is NOT typically a part of the Democratic coalition?

Fundamentalist Christians

38. Which of the following is an example of a single issue party?

Greenback Party

35. Which demographics is key to the future of both parties?

Hispanic voters

36. In the recent elections, which voting demographic has become a more cohesive voting bloc and has sided heavily with the Democratic Party, seeing it as more closely aligned with their interests?

Hispanics

23. The frequency of elections in the United States reduces voter turnout by

Increasing the personal effort needed to participate in all elections

1. The focus of civil liberties is the_______and the focus of civil rights is the _____.

Individual; group

10. The Supreme Court concept of suspect classification suggest that

Laws that classify people differently on the basis of their race or ethnicity are presumed to have discrimination as their purpose

27. Education and income affect voter turnout

More in the United States than in Europe

26. Compared with U.S citizens of higher incomes, those of lower incomes are

Much less likely to vote in elections

37. If a minor part gains a large following, it is almost certain that

One or both major parties will absorb its issues, and the minor part will lose support

19. Which of the following statements about Americans and ideology and political thinking is true?

Only a minority of Americans can be classified as true ideologues

16. Selective perception is primarily a result of

Partisanship

33. What party has made big gains in recent decades among white fundamentalist Christians based on its positions on topics like abortion and school prayer?

Republican

21. Voter identification cards find the most support among

Republicans

12. In terms of party identification, about two-thirds of adults call themselves

Republicans or Democrats

29. All of the following tend to decrease voter turnout EXCEPT

Sharp policy differences between major parties

25. Which of the following groups of people is MOST adversely affected by our country voter registration systems?

Those with less income

2. Disadvantaged Americans have generally gained their rights

Through struggle against entrenched interest

9. Since the height of the busing era, the trend in public schools has been

Toward greater segregation

20. Which of the following states is solidly Democratic?

Washington

22. Which of the following states has a voter identification card law?

Wisconsin (but it says Indiana in the thing)

28. Voter turnout is LOWEST in which age group?

Young adults

6. Which of the following is true?

all of these answers are correct

7. The Supreme Court's ruling in the Swann case on busing differed from the Brown decision in that Swann

all of these answers are correct

3. Culminating in a historic victory in 1954, black activists in the early twentieth century generally pursued civil rights through

legal action