11

46. What is one reason that the Index of Consumer Confidence is politically significant?

1234556

3. The peak of U.S. voter turnout was in 1960 at __________ percent.

63

18. Which of the following groups has the lowest voter turnout rates in America today?

Latinos

1. United States turnout seldom falls below 40 percent in __________ elections.

Presidential

7. How was voter turnout essential to the outcome of the 2012 U.S. presidential election?

Republicans pay less attention

37. If Nixon's 1968 election was indicative of realignment, then Carter's victory in 1976 would be considered __________.

a deviating election

27. How does the demographic shift toward a nation in which all races and ethnic groups are minorities affect political parties in the United States?

against republicans

4. What is American voters' general response to ballots?

bafflement

17. As young people begin to pay income or property taxes, they tend to __________.

become more interested

19. What is one reason that in most of the world, cities have higher voter turnouts than rural areas?

better educated

26. Which of the following is a consequence of the Electoral College?

candidates to win large

6. Which of the following is true about the average ballot in Europe?

choice party

21. What are people with weak party ID more likely to do?

consider candidates

11. People with more __________ and higher __________ are more likely to vote and participate in politics.

cultural liberty

34. What is one potential downside of relying on independent voters to win an election?

do not vote as often

12. Black voting rates have increased over the last 50 years thanks in part to __________ and Barack Obama's candidacy.

education/incomes

20. Which of the following individuals is least likely to perceive a difference between candidates or a correlation between who wins an election and their financial status?

factory worker

13. More women than men have voted in recent U.S. elections, which reflects the fact that __________.

federal civil rights

30. Why did most 18- to 29-year-old voters vote for Obama in 2008 and 2012?

financial crisis

24. When you consider the marriage gap and the gender gap together, married men are significantly more likely to vote _________ than single women are.

for a republican

32. Which of the following has significantly contributed to increased partisan polarization in the United States?

gerrymandering

5. What is the core argument of Anthony Downs's landmark 1957 work, An Economic Theory of Democracy?

if return outweigh cost

25. People who live __________ tend to embrace conservative values and vote for conservative parties.

in rural areas

29. Which of the following is a significant reason that some working class people vote for conservative parties, and some professional people vote for liberal parties?30. Why did most 18- to 29-year-old voters vote for Obama in 2008 and 2012?

individual issues

31. Which of the following is true of a secular electoral realignment?

it happens gradually

35. What is a deviating election?

long term ID

40. Which of the following would be most likely to motivate a voter to self-identify as an independent?

major nationals

38. The Supreme Court's 1972 "one person, one vote" ruling led to __________.

many states redistricting

36. Which of the following is typical of the partisan polarization we see in America today?

media online

23. In the United States, the white vote is __________ than the black vote.

more divided

9. Why do Americans vote so little compared to the voters in other democracies?

not satisfied with candidates

22. __________ regions may resent economic and cultural dominance by a distant capital.

outlying

15. How is voter turnout most likely affected by negative campaigning?

peak earning levels + social security benefit

16. How does education affect the likelihood that people will vote?

politicians dirty

10. Which of the following would you expect to see in a country with routinely high voter turnout?

presidential

33. Divided government would most likely appeal to voters who are concerned about __________.

presidential overreach

28. Which two factors are the strongest predictors of voting in the United States?

race n religious

8. Voter turnout in Sweden, Italy, and Germany has __________.

reached 80%

39. Which of the following supports the view that America is going through gradual dealignment?

rise in voters

2. Americans must __________ sometimes months before the election and before campaign excitement mounts.

vote

14. What are the likely reasons for middle-aged and older people being more likely to vote than the young?

women more educated