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
