Flashcards in Pt 3: Chapter 7 Notes Deck (32):
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How is the US voter turnout compared to European turnout and why?
European turnout is much higher than US. Mostly because US has more elections and has stricter registration requirements
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Registration requirements were historical made to
Limit suffrage and because people were coming in and voting multiple times (voter fraud)
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Registration reqs are determined by who?
The states
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What did registration reqs do?
Negatively impacted voter turnout
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The ID card req affected who the most?
Low socio-economic status families
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Americans are often asked to vote ___ as many times as Europeans?
two or three times as often
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What are some factors that come into play when we see why some Americans vote and others do not?
- education and income
- age
- civic attitudes
- political interest and party identification
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Higher income -->
more likely to be registered
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Whos most likely to vote, extremists or moderates?
Extremists
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By the ____ most property restrictions were removes
1840s
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Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote?
15th amendment
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When received the right to vote when?
1920 via the 20th amendment
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When did 18 year olds receive the right to vote?
1971 with the 26th amendment
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What are some factors that make voter turnout in the US lower than other countries?
- registration requirements
- frequency of elections
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Voter ID cards did what to voter turnout
Depress voter turnout
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Americans were asked to vote how many more times as often as Europeans?
2-3 times
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Who shows up to vote, higher class or lower class?
Higher class
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The more extreme you are, the ___ likely you are to vote
Most
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What includes political campaigns and citizen mobilization, has democratic effects, but lends people to political polarization?
Virtual participation
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When were protests more common?
Predemocratic era
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What are some conventional forms of political participation that social and political movements use?
Lobbying, voting, writing letters
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What are some unconventional means that social and political movements use for political participation?
Protests
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With the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street protest movements, they both started with what?
Anger at established interests
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What was the initial target of the Tea Party protest?
Republican lawmakers for the 2008 bank bailout
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The Tea Party protest played a key role in what in 2010?
Republican takeover of the House in 2010
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Occupy Wall Street began as a protest against what?
Against bailout of the financial industry and government's failure to hold bankers accountable
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OWS's target was private wealth and it aimed to curb what?
Political influence of large political donors
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How likely are Americans to protest than citizens in other democracies?
Less likely
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Public support for protest activity is low or high?
Relatively low
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______ diminishes political participation
Individualism
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______ Americans are least likely to vote or participate politically, why?
Lower-income
- lack resources and education levels
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