Chapter 10 true or false quiestions

False

A person must be no less than 21 years of age to vote in most states

False

A person must register as a member of a political party

True

A registered Democrat can vote for a republican candidate in a general election

False

Almost all states use the paper ballot

False

Any U.S. citizen of voting age can vote

True

At national nominating conventions, people promote a party's platform and nominate presidential and Vice Presidential candidates

True

Delegates are people who attend and vote in a nominating convention

True

Electors are not required to vote for their party's candidate

True

Governments that have a one-party system are usually dictatorships or totalitarian governments

True

Hundreds of smaller political parties exist in the United States today

False

In general, independent candidates are elected more often than major-party candidates

True

In the presidential election, Americans do not vote directly for the president

True

Most states require voters to send register before the day of an election

True

Political parties nominate candidates to run for political office

False

Presidential candidates are officially chosen at the primaries

True

Presidential elections occur every four years

False

Secret ballots have always been used in the United States

True

Several European countries have more than two strong political parties

False

The Republican Party is said to be more liberal than the democratic party

True

The people who have registered as independent voters cannot vote in a closed primary

False

The president and members of Congress are elected in odd-numbered years

False

The two-party system in the United States makes it likely that government policies will change drastically in a short period of time

False

The vice presidential candidate is the presidential candidate who receives the second- most votes at the nominating convention

True

The views of Democrats and Republicans can be placed along a political spectrum

False

The voting rights act passed in 1965 states that in order to vote, one must be literate

True

Theodore Roosevelt ran for president under the progressive party

True

Third parties can influence public policy

False

U.S. citizens must join a political party

True

Usually two separate elections are held in most states- the primary and enteral elections