Participation and Voting

Which of the following techniques is considered most effective in mobilizing voters?

Face to face contact

In recent years, participation among Latino Americans

Has steadily increased

It is likely that eliminating state-level voter registration laws would

Increase voter turnout among younger people

What bloc of voters has recently been called "the sleeping giant"?

Latino Americans

Which of the following factors is not currently an obstacle to voting in the U.S.?

Literacy Tests

The Digital Divide means

Not all citizens have equal access to the internet

Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the rates of political participation among different age groups?

Older people have much higher rates of participation than young people

Studies have discovered ________ to be the key element of successful mobilization efforts.

Personal Contact

Which of the following statements about the digital divide is NOT true?

All racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. are equally likely to have online access

Currently, African Americans

Are more likely to participate when they feel a shared sense of collective identity

Social capital refers to

Community networks that motivate political participation

______ is the single most important factor in predicting whether an individual votes.

Education Level

Under the Constitution, _________ has/have the power to regulate elections.

State legislatures

Voter-registration requirements and processed are determined and controlled by

The states

Which group won voting rights most recently?

18 to 20 year olds

When did African Americans truly gain voting rights in the U.S. without fear of reprisal?

1965

On average over the last 40 years, how many U.S. house races have been very competitive in each election?

24

About _____ percent of eligible voters turn out for midterm congressional elections.

33

Which of the following is not a form of traditional political participation?

Uploading a political video to youtube

Which of the following is NOT a reform that has attempted to make voting easier?

Voter ID laws

One reason that there are fewer women than men in elected office is that

Women are less likely to run for office than men

In states that do not require registration or that allow registration on the day of the election,

Younger and less affluent voters turn out in larger percentages