POSI 2310 Mora - Political Participation: Activating the Popular Will Assignment

Which of these groups vote at above average rates?

1) college-educated people 2) upper-income Americans

Why is participation in local organizations twice as high in the United States as it is in Europe?

Americans have an incentive to participate because there is more local control over policy in the United States than in Europe. Americans are more likely to attend church and engage in church-related community work.

Which of the following explain why Europeans with less education and income vote at higher rates in their countries than their American counterparts?

Class-based European organizations encourage participation. Americans face more voter registration requirements.

Opponents of voter ID laws tend to be ______.

Democrats

True or false: The #MeToo movement did not have much of an impact on the people whose behavior it was targeting.

False

True or false: The #MeToo movement did not have much of an impact on the people whose behavior it was targeting. True false question.

False

True or false: The Occupy Wall Street movement was limited to New York City.

False

How did the Supreme Court rule on the Indiana law requiring citizens to obtain a government-issued voter identification card in order to vote?

It upheld the Indiana law.

The mass killings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resulted in which of the following?

March for Our Lives demonstrations National School Walkout Day

The movement against gun violence had a relatively low profile until the mass killing at ______.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Who led the impassioned plea for tougher gun control measures after the Parkland shooting?

Parkland students

What role does party loyalty play in voting?

Party loyalty heightens interest in voting.

Which of the following arguments drew large support for passing the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, granting eighteen-year-olds the right to vote?

Since eighteen-year-olds were eligible for the draft, they should also be able to vote.

Which of the following statements are true regarding U.S. elections?

They allow voters to choose party nominees. They are held more frequently than in other countries.

Which of the following is a primary reason for low voter-turnout rates among young adults?

They change addresses frequently and need to re-register.

True or false: Voter turnout decreased in the United States once states enacted registration laws around 1900.

True

What is a social or political movement?

a way for disenchanted citizens to voice their displeasure with government policy

Generally, protests ______ have not been popular in the United States.

against U.S. military action

Which of the following refers to a total lack of interest, such as a total lack of interest in politics?

apathy

People who believe that citizens ought to participate in political affairs are likely to describe voting as an exercise in ______.

civic duty

The Black Lives Matter movement has sought, primarily, to highlight Blank______.

disparities in local officials' treatment of Black and white citizens

Citizens who are party identifiers have ______ levels of voter turnout rates than those who identify as independent.

higher

The Tea Party movement did not support which of the following policies?

higher taxes increased federal spending

Which group of Americans have the highest level of voter participation?

highest 20 percent of income earners

For a movement to succeed, it must ______.

institutionalize its goals

Which of the following lawmakers were the original targets of the Tea Party movement?

lawmakers who supported federal spending and higher taxes

Which of the following groups has the highest rate of voter turnout?

middle-aged people from the upper class

Senior citizens in the United States have a ______ rate of voter turnout than voters under the age of 30 do.

much higher

Free societies thrive on the ______ of citizens in the civic and political life of their communities.

participation

Internet political participation peaks during which of the following?

presidential elections

Which of the following tactics were used to disenfranchise Blacks in the post-Civil War South despite the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment?

publicized lists of voters literacy tests

The #MeToo movement's larger goal was to ______.

raise awareness of sexual misconduct

Harvard's Robert Putnam refers to the sum of face-to-face civic interactions among citizens in a society as ______.

social capital

Unlike participation through interest groups or political parties, participation in political movements Blank______.

takes place largely outside established institutions

Which amendment to the Constitution granted women the right to vote in the United States?

the Nineteenth Amendment

To date, what is the most successful of the recent political movements?

the Tea Party movement

More people in the United States participate in election campaigns than people in other countries do because ______.

the United States has more elected posts than other countries do

What sparked the Black Lives Matter movement?

the killing of unarmed young black men by police officers

Americans participate more in politics than do citizens of other western democracies except in which of the following activities?

turning out to vote on Election Day

The degree to which education level and income are so closely tied to voter participating in the United States is _____ when compared to European countries.

unusual

Which of the following forms of political participation require citizens to spend a comparatively large amount of personal resources?

volunteering in a political campaign demonstrating for political causes

Suffrage is the right to

vote

In the United States, the voter turnout rate in presidential elections tends to hover around ______ percent.

60

What protest movement of the modern era has had the most lasting effect?

Black civil rights

Which of the following factors are said to adversely affect voter turnout in the United States?

frequent elections voter registration laws

Which of the following voting restrictions increases the burden on citizens who move frequently?

voter registration requirements

The Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in 2011, was inspired by anger at the ______.

government bailout of the financial industry during the financial crisis of 2008

Which statement best describes the prevalent view of the public concerning protest activists in the United States?

Protest activity should be tolerated.

True or false: Americans in the lowest 20 percent of income earners have the highest levels of participation in the United States.

False

Why did the communist movement fail in America?

Its goals were too at odds with American values.

The Occupy Wall Street movement was aimed predominantly at which issue?

income inequality

In what area has virtual participation been a tangible asset for political campaigns?

small-donor fundraising

The proportion of eligible adult citizens who actually vote in a given election is known as ______.

voter turnout