POLS 1336 Quiz 10

The practice that requires citizens to vote in elections or face punitive measures such as community service, fines, or imprisonment is called what?

Compulsory voting

Which of the following is a reason that Australia has a higher voter turnout than the United States?

Compulsory voting

In An Economic Theory of Democracy (1957), Anthony Downs describes which of the following types of voting as a puzzle because voting is not in one's self-interest and the benefits are not clear?

Rational

Which of the following best describes the impact the 2010 Citizens United decision has had on the political campaign process?

Allowing corporate entities to contribute unlimited amounts to support or oppose candidates

During the country's earliest years, voters in presidential elections were mostly made up of which of the following?

Electors selected by state legislators

Which of the following amendments extended voting rights to African American males?

Fifteenth Amendment

The perspective that greater voter participation is a risk and, thus, favors a larger role for elites is known as which of the following models of participation?

Hamiltonian

What was the effect of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment that enfranchised 18- to 20-year-olds?

It reduced the national voter turnout rate.

Women could vote in all states with the ratification of which of the following amendments in 1920?

Nineteenth

Which of the following terms refers to the estimated number of people who are old enough to vote?

Voting-age population