American Politics: Review Quiz for Exam 2

In Oregon and Washington, everyone votes by - telephone. - the Internet - electronic devices. - mail. - None o f the Above.

mail.

A voter who determines which candidate he or she will vote for very early in the campaign most likely has based that decision on - the media's perception of the front-runner. - the candidate's stand on a particular issue of importance. - party identification. - the candidate's record and experience.

party identification.

Most politicians and many scholars believe that the media's greatest influence on politics is its ability to - report the news. - socialize children. - set the political agenda. - ruin political careers.

set the political agenda.

The majoritarian model of democracy favors - both conventional and unconventional forms of participation. - unconventional forms of participation. - resourceful individuals seeking particularized benefits. - voting as the primary means of participation. - better-educated, wealthier citizens.

voting as the primary means of participation.

Which of the following is an unconventional form of political participation? - Voting - Writing letters to officials - Campaigning for Candidates - Displaying campaign signs in front yards or bumper stickers on cars - Chanting slogans outside government officials' offices

Chanting slogans outside government officials' offices.

Which of the following types of groups would most likely have the most difficult challenge holding on to its members? - Citizen groups - Business Associations - Professional associations - Labor Unions - All of them have equal problems in holding on to members.

Citizen groups.

Which of the following involves an interest group's rank-and-file membership as well as outreach to ordinary people outside the organization? - Direct lobbying - Grassroots lobbying - Shotgun marketing - Coalition Building

Grassroots lobbying.

Which of the following is not an argument made by the authors for why interest groups benefit our political system? - Interest groups represent people before government. - Interest groups always form when the corresponding need for them develops. - Interest groups are vehicles for political participation. - Interest groups educate their members, the public at large and government officials. - Interest groups can bring new issues into the political limelight.

Interest groups always form when the corresponding need for them develops.

Which of the following statements concerning ideological "moderates" is correct? - Fewer Americans identify as "moderate" than as liberal or conservative., respectively - Moderates tend to have higher than average incomes and education. - Moderates are as likely as liberals and conservatives to correctly identify ideologies by their stances on issues. - Many people identify as "moderate" because they do not understand the alternatives. - Options A and B are correct.

Many people identify as "moderate" because they do not understand the alternatives.

The authors of Challenge of Democracy suggest that Democrats have not fared well in presidential elections despite their having higher levels of identification among the electorate because - Republicans are more likely to vote. - Democrats are not as organized as Republicans. - Democrats are less loyal to their party. - Republicans have far more money than Democrats. - Options A and C are true/correct.

Options A and C are true/correct: - Republicans are more likely to vote. - Democrats are less loyal to their party.

Advocates for political parties argue that they do all but which of the following? - Party organizations help coordinate actions by public officials across branches and levels government. - Parties increase the number of candidates on the ballot by running multiple candidates for each office and thus offer voters more choices. - Parties help voters choose candidates by proposing alternative programs of action. - Parties help ensure a minimum level of quality among candidates who run for office.

Parties increase the number of candidates on the ballot by running multiple candidates for each office and thus offer voters more choices.

Which of the following statements is most accurate? - The mass media are not important to the majoritarian model of democracy. - The mass media undermine the pluralist model of democracy. - The media in the United States have greatly enhanced the government's efforts to maintain order. - The media in the United States have played an important role in advancing equality.

The media in the United States have played an important role in advancing equality.

Which of the following have not encouraged the dominance of Democrats and Republicans as the nation's two major parties? - The United States' voting system of majority representation and "winner take all" elections. - The electoral college - Over a hundred years of Democrat-Republican political socialization - Signature requirements for third parties to get onto the ballot - The use of proportional representation to distribute electoral college votes among the candidates.

The use of proportional representation to distribute electoral college votes among the candidates.

In the discipline of political science, party identification refers to - a sense of psychological attachment to a party. - one's voting record. - formal membership. - how one registers to vote. - Options B and C are true.

a sense of psychological attachment to a party.

Children are likely to adopt their parents' party identification when - parents discuss party politics with children. - parents refrain from forcing their views on children. - at least one parent has worked for a party. - both parents strongly identify with the same party. - both parents vote regularly.

both parents strongly identify with the same party.

Each state has one vote in the electoral college for - its voter turnout percentage, rounded to the nearest whole number, - in the previous presidential election. - each of its representatives in the U.S. House. - every 10,000 registered voters. - each of its citizens. - each of its representatives and senators.

each of its representatives and senators.

Congress and the states moved quickly to pass the Twenty-sixth Amendment, which lowered the voting age to eighteen, because they - recognized the justice of the student antiwar and civil rights movements. - knew that student voter turnout would be low. - expected the new voters to change the political balance of power drastically. - hoped to channel student energy away from demonstrations and toward more conventional forms of participation. - realized the unfairness of the discrepancy between the military draft age and the voting age.

hoped to channel student energy away from demonstrations and toward more conventional forms of participation.

Successful candidates for party nominations for the presidency owe their nominations primarily to - their own personal campaign organizations. - the backing of the national party organization. - endorsements from newspapers and television stations. - interest group endorsements and support. - endorsements by elected officials, especially those in Washington, DC

their own personal campaign organizations.

The goal of the statistical theory of sampling in public opinion polls is - to match the sampler's views with a public response. - to obtain the view of every individual in the population. - to account for wide variances in public opinion on controversial issues. - to obtain a large enough sample size to avoid bias. - to reflect the views of the population with some predictable degree of accuracy.

to reflect the views of the population with some predictable degree of accuracy.