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Voter Participation and Turnout Analysis - Prof. Penny A. Robinette Taylor, Quizzes of Political Science

Information on various aspects of voter participation and turnout in the united states, including statistics on the number of questions answered correctly in a quiz, examples of correct and incorrect answers, and historical context. It covers topics such as the impact of protests, voter turnout rates for different levels of government, trends in voter turnout over the last 50 years, and demographic differences in voting patterns.

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Uploaded on 12/06/2009

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Results:
Total number of questions: 35
Percent correct: 54%
Question 1: Participation that involves assembling crowds to confront a government or other official organization
is considered
Student answered: b) a grassroots mobilization.
Correct answer: c) protests.
Question 2: Voter turnout is HIGHEST for which level of government?
Student answered: c) National elections
Correct answer: c) National elections
Question 3: In general, voter turnout over the last 50 years has
Student answered: b) risen.
Correct answer: a) declined.
Question 4: After Hurricane Katrina, President Bush's approval rating among blacks
Student answered: b) fell to nearly 15 percent.
Correct answer: d) was only at 2 percent.
Question 5: The Constitution was amended to allow women the right to vote in all public elections in
Student answered: c) 1920.
Correct answer: c) 1920.
Question 6: Registration requirements were instituted in the early twentieth century
Student answered: a) in order to increase the number of voters.
Correct answer: d) to make voting more difficult, to reduce multiple voting and other corruption, as well as to
reduce lower-class voting.
Question 7: Which of the following does NOT reduce voter turnout in the US today?
Student answered: b) Poll taxes
Correct answer: b) Poll taxes
Question 8: Americans are taught to equate citizenship with
Student answered: a) paying taxes.
Correct answer: b) voting.
Question 9: In terms of mobilizing their constituents, political parties
Student answered: b) are beginning to reemphasize direct voter mobilization.
Correct answer: b) are beginning to reemphasize direct voter mobilization.
Question 10: What was the effect of the Motor Voter Registration Act in the first Presidential election after it
passed?
Student answered: a) Voter registration rose, but voter turnout did not.
Correct answer: a) Voter registration rose, but voter turnout did not.
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Results:

Total number of questions: 35 Percent correct: 54%

Question 1: Participation that involves assembling crowds to confront a government or other official organization is considered Student answered: b) a grassroots mobilization. Correct answer: c) protests.

Question 2: Voter turnout is HIGHEST for which level of government? Student answered: c) National elections Correct answer: c) National elections

Question 3: In general, voter turnout over the last 50 years has Student answered: b) risen. Correct answer: a) declined.

Question 4: After Hurricane Katrina, President Bush's approval rating among blacks Student answered: b) fell to nearly 15 percent. Correct answer: d) was only at 2 percent.

Question 5: The Constitution was amended to allow women the right to vote in all public elections in Student answered: c) 1920. Correct answer: c) 1920.

Question 6: Registration requirements were instituted in the early twentieth century Student answered: a) in order to increase the number of voters. Correct answer: d) to make voting more difficult, to reduce multiple voting and other corruption, as well as to reduce lower-class voting.

Question 7: Which of the following does NOT reduce voter turnout in the US today? Student answered: b) Poll taxes Correct answer: b) Poll taxes

Question 8: Americans are taught to equate citizenship with Student answered: a) paying taxes. Correct answer: b) voting.

Question 9: In terms of mobilizing their constituents, political parties Student answered: b) are beginning to reemphasize direct voter mobilization. Correct answer: b) are beginning to reemphasize direct voter mobilization.

Question 10: What was the effect of the Motor Voter Registration Act in the first Presidential election after it passed? Student answered: a) Voter registration rose, but voter turnout did not. Correct answer: a) Voter registration rose, but voter turnout did not.

Question 11: ___________ is the strategy by which organized interests seek to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of the legislature. Student answered: b) Grassroots mobilization Correct answer: d) Lobbying

Question 12: As Americans are becoming more educated, we are seeing Student answered: a) a moderate increase in political participation. Correct answer: c) an overall tendency for political participation to decline.

Question 13: Which country has higher voter turnout than the United States? Student answered: d) All of the above. Correct answer: d) All of the above.

Question 14: Which of the following is MOST likely to vote? Student answered: b) A 70-year-old middle-class retired person Correct answer: b) A 70-year-old middle-class retired person

Question 15: When income and education are taken into account, Latinos and African Americans vote at Student answered: a) the same rate as white ethnics. Correct answer: b) the same rate or slightly higher than white ethnics.

Question 16: American women got the right to vote in Student answered: b) 1920. Correct answer: b) 1920.

Question 17: Which group is most likely to vote for Republican candidates? Student answered: c) Whites Correct answer: c) Whites

Question 18: What tendency of Americans did the nineteenth-century writer Alexis de Tocqueville identify as distinctive of our democratic culture? Student answered: b) the tendency to form associations Correct answer: b) the tendency to form associations

Question 19: In the United States, voter participation by the unemployed is Student answered: b) very low. Correct answer: b) very low.

Question 20: Over the years, the power of labor leaders and machine politicians has Student answered: a) declined. Correct answer: a) declined.

Question 21: Checkbook democracy arises when Student answered: b) fund raising becomes the most important task for political organizations. Correct answer: d) All of the above.

Question 22: The phenomenon called the 'gender gap' refers to the fact that Student answered: c) in families, it is usually man who determine how the family votes.

Student answered: c) checkbook democracy. Correct answer: c) checkbook democracy.

Question 34: Which is not an obstacle to voting in the United States? Student answered: b) voting bans for convicted felons Correct answer: c) vote by mail

Question 35: Registering to vote in the United States is Student answered: a) easier than in Europe. Correct answer: d) harder than in Europe.

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