Chapter 7 POSC

3. Which statement best characterizes the influence average citizens and party elites have over the nomination process in the United States?

a. Although average citizens have some influence in the nominations process, party elites play an outsized role in selecting the candidates who will compete in the general election.

13. Which of the following statements about primary elections is MOST accurate?

a. The United States is one of the few nations in the world to hold primary elections.

7. Which of the following statements about age and political participation is true?

a. Young people are far less likely to participate in politics than older people.

11. Political scientists call voters' choices that focus on future behavior ________ voting, while those based on past performances are called ________ voting.

a. prospective; retrospective

5. "Me too" Republicanism refers to

a. the tendency of Republican politicians during the New Deal to support popular programs such as Social Security rather than advocate alternative policies.

9. ________ states currently allow voters to register and cast a ballot on the same day.

b. Fifteen

4. From the end of the Civil War to the 1890s, the ________ Party was the party of the North, while the ________ Party was the party of the South.

b. Republican; Democratic

14. A(n) ________ occurs when a voter must be registered with a party prior to voting in that party's election.

b. closed primary

1. Political party leaders are

b. not willing to provide financial backing to candidates who are unable to raise substantial funds on their own.

6. When Richard Nixon employed his "southern strategy," he

c. appealed to disaffected white voters in the South.

8. What is the MOST important factor in predicting whether an individual votes?

c. education level

2. Political parties hold primary elections or caucuses in order to

c. select a single candidate to represent the party in the general election.

12. Primary elections were introduced by

d. Progressive reformers at the start of the 1900s.

10. It is likely that eliminating state-level voter registration laws would ________ voter turnout among ________

d. increase; younger people