Exam 2 (gov 1): Chapter 7 Voting

education

Of all the social and economic variables affecting political participation, _________ is the strongest single factor.

have more than one political party

One criterion that must be met for a country to be democratic is that it must

more Americans believe that government is responsive

Psychological explanations of turnout suggest that voting will rise if

influencing behavior

contributing money to a candidate's campaign is an example of ________ behavior.

enforce new voter identification laws

A 2013 supreme court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act allowed numerous states to

class action suit

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)

number of elections held

According to the text, if the criterion is ___________, America has the best and most democratic government in the world.

protest

According to the text, with respect to political participation, "_________ is the great equalizer,..."

63%

Around the world, the percentage of countries holding regular, free, and fair elections has risen to _____ percent.

low education, low income, and being relatively young.

Characteristics frequently associated with nonvoters are

preventing blacks from voting in primary elections

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

the government

In nearly every other democratic country outside of the United States, the burden of registration is placed on

conventional

Relatively routine behaviors that use the established institutions of representative government such as voting in an election are called _____ participation.

much lower

Researchers have found that political apathy is _________ in the United States compared to almost all other nations.

recall

The ____ was backed by the Progressives as they wanted a mechanism to remove elected officials from office.

fifteenth

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

pluralist

The ability of groups to make government respond to their special problems is best related to ________ theory.

26th amendment

The amendment lowering the voting age to eighteen is the

reduce the national voter turnout rate

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

the states

The framers of the Constitution left the issue of voter enfranchisement to

voter turnout

The percentage of eligible voters who actually vote in a given election is called

education, income, and occupations

The standard socioeconomic model of participation chiefly refers to

colorado

The territory of Wyoming granted women the right to vote in 1869 and ______ followed as the first state to enfranchise women.

5-10%

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

unconventional participation to conventional participation

To maintain order, the government has a stake in converting _______ whenever possible.

direct action

When a leader assembles crowds to confront businesses and local governments to demand a hearing, he or she is engaging in

United States

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

Boston Tea Party

Which of the following was the first known act of unconventional participation in America?

19th

amendment granting women suffrage in 1920 (US was among the first)

calling county animal control to remove a raccoon

an example of contacting behavior

direct primary

preliminary election to choose party candidates

political participation

the actions of private citizens by which they seek to influence or support government and politics