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Blake is the single most important factor in predicting whether an individual votes
Education level
It is likely that eliminating state level voter registration laws would
Increase voter turn out among younger people
Which of the following states does not permit election day registration
Indiana
What block of voters has recently been called "the sleeping giant"?
Latino Americans
Which of the following characteristics constitutes one's socioeconomic status
Level of income, level of education, and prestige of occupation
Compared with western Europe, the United States has a blank turnout in elections
Lower
Political parties have been doing less blank in recent years
Mobilizing of voters
And example of the phenomenon called the gender gap would be that
More women than men vote for Democrats
The protest against SOPa and PIPA are examples of how
New media can be effectively used to mobilize offline participation in politics
——— is the only state that does not require voter registration
North Dakota
Which of the following statements is true about political participation
African Americans and Latinos are less likely to participate in politics than whites.
Which of the following statements about Asian Americans is true
Although a majority of Asian Americans voted Republican in the 1990s, in the 2000s they have been voting increasingly Democratic.
Which of the following statements about the 2004 presidential election is true
Both B and c
The 26th amendment was ratified
During the Vietnam war
Which of the following statements is true
Republicans were better organized than Democrats in 2004
Which of the following groups have had the highest level of political participation
Senior citizens 65 and over
Under the Constitution, blank has/have the power to regulate elections
State legislators
What is one reason that Political parties and politicians view Latinos as a critically important group?
The Latino population in the United States is large and rapidly growing.
Nonelectoral forms of participation usually require more ——— Than voting
Time, money, and effort
Women are disadvantaged as candidates for office because
male candidates are more likely to have the advantage of incumbency in office.
The 15th amendment, ratified in 1870, mandated that
no state could prevent the right to vote on account of race.
State-level data from 1980-2010 suggests that
stringent voter ID laws have the effect of lowering overall turnout.
What was the original purpose of the voter registration
to reduce corruption by making it more difficult to vote
Which of the following is not a reform that has attempted to make voting easier
voter ID laws
According to political scientists, voter registration requirements reduce voter turnout by as much as ——-percent
50
SOPA and PIPA were
bills considered by Congress in 2012 to extend U.S. copyright laws beyond U.S. borders.
The main goal of the group Rock the Vote is to
draw young voters into participating politically
The power of the Christian Coalition in the 1990s was due to
its success in mobilizing a large grassroots base