Chapter 13.2 Pages 470-78

1) Which of the following is least likely to be registered to vote?
A) an eighteen-year-old
B) an African American
C) an Hispanic
D) a man
E) a woman

2) What is voter turnout like in states with Election Day voter registration?
A) Turnout in these states is considerably lower.
B) Turnout in these states is slightly lower.
C) Turnout in these states is about equal to turnout in other states.
D) Turnout in these states is considerably higher.
E) There is no relationship between voter turnout and Election Day voter registration.

3) Which of the following best describes why voter turnout in Oregon has increased in recent
years?
A) The Dixie Chicks have visited several times, motivating Oregonians to vote.
B) Oregon recently switched to an all-mail balloting system.
C) Californians vote at very high rates and many Californians have moved to Oregon.
D) Out-of-work loggers are frustrated with politics and vote at high rates to express their
discontent.
E) Oregon has compulsory voting.

4) Some people argue that low voter turnout does not matter because
A) voters do not represent the interests of nonvoters.
B) nonvoters tend to be less well informed.
C) low voting rates perpetuate racial imbalances within government.
D) low voting rates delegitimize the political process.
E) nonvoters are different from voters.

5) What is ticket-splitting?
A) voting for independents
B) voting in some elections and not in others
C) tearing up your ballot in protest
D) refusing to register with a political party
E) voting for candidates from different parties in an election

6) Voters who support the party in government during good economic times and vote for the
other political party during economic downturns are exercising
A) ticket-splitting.
B) strategic voting.
C) florescent voting.
D) retrospective judgment.
E) prospective judgment.

7) Which of the following elections was most clearly a mandate?
A) the 1992 presidential election
B) the 1994 congressional elections
C) the 2000 presidential election
D) an election where the incumbent wins by a narrow margin
E) an election where the challenger wins by a narrow margin

8) A primary election in which only a partyʹs registered voters are eligible to participate is called
A) an open primary.
B) a blanket primary.
C) a closed primary.
D) a round robin primary.
E) instant runoff voting.

9) Which of the following is true about raiding?
A) It is very common.
B) It does not occur very frequently.
C) It is likely the reason George W. Bush beat John McCain in the 2000 South Carolina
primary.
D) It is likely the reason John Kerry beat Howard Dean in the 2004 Iowa caucus.
E) It is likely the reason George W. Bush beat John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election.

10) Which state has an unusual primary system where all candidates appear on the same ballot,
regardless of their party affiliations?
A) Colorado
B) Alaska
C) New Hampshire
D) Louisiana
E) Nevada