Chapter 7&8 Quiz

Question 1

There is a positive _____ between education and voting participation.

Answer 1

correlation

Question 2

Sampling error is also known as ______ of error.

Answer 2

margin

Question 3

Political _____ is the process by which background influences political views.

Answer 3

socialization

Question 4

Those with a disproportionate amount of political power.

Answer 4

elite

Question 5

The economic cost of voting to the individual is reduced by programs such as _____ voting.

Answer 5

early

Question 6

A survey of public opinion.

Answer 6

poll

Question 7

Social cleavages over social issues such as abortion have been labeled ____ wars.

Answer 7

culture

Question 8

Ethnic group with low voter turnout.

Answer 8

latino

Question 9

Younger persons tend to support policies that allow ____ choice.

Answer 9

individual

Question 10

Gov. Christie recently vetoed the _______ act.

Answer 10

democracy

Question 11

A strong sense of _____ identification has been in decline for decades.

Answer 11

party

Question 12

Targeting individual voters with tailored messages is called ______.

Answer 12

narrow casting

Question 13

Democrats can rely on the votes of ____.

Answer 13

pure liberals

Question 14

60 y/o woman of limited income and lower education living in the midwest is likely to be where on the political compass?

Answer 14

upper left

Question 15

1993 federal law intended to increase voter registration.

Answer 15

moter voter

Question 16

favors a “small” gov’t in both the economic and social spheres of life

Answer 16

libertarian

Question 17

Political activists are likely to be the majority of voters in ___ elections.

Answer 17

primary

Question 18

Amendment that allows 18y/os to vote.

Answer 18

26th amendment

Question 19

Amendment that allows women to vote.

Answer 19

19th amendment

Question 20

Amendment that allows African American (men) to vote.

Answer 20

15th amendment

Question 21

The ___ gap is evident on issues of gun control, defense spending, and sexual harassment.

Answer 21

gender

Question 22

Due to high number of elections voter turnout may suffer from

Answer 22

voter fatigue

Question 23

People are less likely today to vote according to their ____ interest than they were a few years ago.

Answer 23

economic

Question 24

Compared with VAP, VEP does not include

Answer 24

non-citizens

Question 25

Use of the ___ ballot includes that it be cast in secret.

Answer 25

Australian

Question 26

Political _____ is the belief that you can participate and make a difference in gov’t policy

Answer 26

efficacy

Question 27

Due to our___ system, we have a lot of elections in the US

Answer 27

federal

Question 28

Florida is among three states that ________ felons for life.

Answer 28

disenfranchise

Question 29

The ______ gap is evident on issues of privatization of social security and school vouchers.

Answer 29

generation

Question 30

2014 was a ____ election year.

Answer 30

midterm

Question 31

Political ideology

Answer 31

a consistent set of beliefs about what policies go’t ought to pursue.

Question 32

Today Kansas is republican, but in the late 19th Century is was _____.

Answer 32

socialist.

Question 33

____ is the truest measure of voter turnout in US.

Answer 33

VEP - Voter Eligible Population

Question 34

Do to _______ the vast majority go House races are not competitive.

Answer 34

gerrymandering

Question 35

The most influential source of social views

Answer 35

family

Question 36

Some countries have high voter turnout due to _____ voting laws.

Answer 36

compulsory

Question 37

A pure ____ is most likely to vote republican.

Answer 37

conservative