Distrust in the government has increased in the country since the 1950s.
True
False
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which social group do voters tend to identify most with politically?
Friends
Religion
Media
Family
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which age group is least likely to vote?
over 70
30-45
46-55
56-69
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which state does not require voters to register ahead of election day?
Louisiana
North Carolina
North Dakota
None of the above
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which election is voter turnout the highest?
Local
State
Midterm
Presidential
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Americans vote less than people in other industrialized democracies.
True
False
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which two religions tend to vote liberal?
Protestant and Catholic
Protestant and Jewish
Catholic and Jewish
Baptist and Evangelical Christian
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
When the 26th Amendment let 18 year olds vote they showed up in higher numbers than all other voting demographic groups.
True
False
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which gender votes more?
Men
Women
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is the greatest predictor of voting?
education
gender
income
race
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Who is more likely to vote Republican?
A person from the Northeast
A person from the South
A person from the West Coast
A person from the Rust Belt
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What are the uses of polls?
Informing the public
Informing candidates
Informing office holders
All of the above
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Who is most likely to vote?
A high school graduate
A beauty school dropout
A graduate student
A sophomore in college
14. Multiple Choice
3 minutes
1 pt
19th amendment protects the right to vote of ( )
Kids
Teachers
Men
Women
15. Multiple Choice
3 minutes
1 pt
26th amendment says citizens the age of ( ) can vote
12
13
25
18
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Shutting people out of voting is known as
Purching
Franchisement
Disenfranchisement
Preclearnance
17. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Amendment granted women suffrage
15th
19th
24th
26th
18. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Amendment removed racial barriers from voting
15th
19th
24th
26th
19. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Amendment ended paying taxes at the polls before voting.
15th
19th
24th
26th
20. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Under the Constitution the power to determine voting law was and is largely left up to the states.
True
False
21. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is a straight ticket?
A type of ballot where a voter selects candidates from only one political party.
A type of ballot on which the voter selects candidates from more than one political party.
Simular to a straight jacket, but with paper.
A ticket with less curves.
22. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The widely shared beliefs, values, and norms about how citizens relate to governments and to one another.
Political Culture
Social Capital
Political Ideology
Socialization
23. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on minimal government, promoting a free market economy, a noninterventionist foreign policy, and an absence of regulation in moral, economic, and social life.
Liberalism
Conservatism
Environmental
Libertarianism
24. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The distribution of individual preferences or evaluations of a given issue, candidate, or institution within a specific population.
Sample
Polling
Public Opinion
Majority Rule
25. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Political opinions that exist but have not been fully expressed.
Latency
Intensity
Socialization
Salience
26. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Election in which voters elect officeholders.
Primary Election
Presidential Election
General Election
Midterm Election
27. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Party Identification
Political Socialization
Political Culture
Party Consensus
28. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
why should the major political parties be concerned about a strong minor party candidate on the ballot for President?
Historically, fewer people vote when there are more than two candidates on the ballot.
Minor Party candidates are unable to take clear-cut stands on controversial issues.
Campaign funds are divided between all candidates, so there is less money available to the major parties.
Minor party candidates can pull a large number of votes from either party, causing an upset.
29. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
which of the following is a reason for voter registration ?
to prove a potential voter's ability to read and write
to prove payment of property taxes
to discourage women from voting
to prevent fraudulent voting
30. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
If someone has no sense of political efficacy, how would this affect his or her voting behavior?
The person lacks any sense of his or her own influence or effectiveness in politics, so the person probably would not vote.
The person feels an unnatural sense of political superiority , so he or she probably would only vote only in school board elections.
The person does not understand politics, so he or she probably would vote only in major elections.
The person feels that the political process is not as fair as it once was, so he or she probably would vote for campaign reform.
31. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Why is a straw vote highly unreliable?
it falsely assumes that a small sample of responses will provide a fairly accurate picture of public opinion.
It falsely assumes that a relatively large number of responses will provide a fairly accurate picture of public opinion.
It falsely assumes that the people polled are all of the same general income and education level.
It falsely assumes that everyone in a single geographic area shares the same political opinions.
32. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
what impact does the mass media have on the general public agenda?
it has no impact because top political figures do not pay attention to these sources
it has made candidates far more dependent on party organizations
it tells people how and for whom to vote
it focuses the public's attention on specific issues.
33. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is the main idea of this cartoon?
It is difficult to choose between the two party candidates in any presidential election.
True public opinion can only be gauged after long term exposure to the media.
She wants to know where he's sitting on the couch?
The American political spectrum is diverse because people hold a variety of opinions on political issues.
34. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which party favors HIGHER taxes to pay for social programs?
Democrats
Republicans
Both
35. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which party is the conservative, "family values" party?
Democrats
Republicans
36. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which party is the more liberal party that tends to support gay rights?
Democrats
Republicans
37. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which party supports tax cuts and opposes government-provided healthcare?
Democrats
Republicans
38. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which party thinks the government should be large and active in making laws to protect people?
Democrats
Republicans
39. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which party supports stricter gun control laws?
Democrats
Republicans
40. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which party believes business needs to be strictly regulated to protect the workers and environment?
Democrats
Republicans
41. Multiple Choice
3 minutes
1 pt
This party is considered Liberal and favors MORE government responsibility.
Republican
Democratic
Green
Communist
42. Multiple Choice
3 minutes
1 pt
This party is considered Conservative and favors LESS government responsibility.
Democratic
Green
Republican
Socialist
43. Multiple Choice
3 minutes
1 pt
A political party other than Republican or Democratic
candidate
majority party
third party
political party
44. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of the following is a country with a two-party system?
United States of America
Japan
Canada
Cuba
45. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which elections see the best voter turnout?
Presidential elections
Local elections
Off-year elections
Special elections
46. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which age group is MOST likely to vote?
18-21 year olds
22-30 year olds
45-60 year olds
over 70 year olds
47. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Who is MOST likely to vote?
white collar worker
blue collar worker
unemployed
48. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Who is MOST likely to vote?
High income earner
Low income earner
49. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Who is MOST likely to vote?
Highly educated
Little education
50. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is a biased sample?
An individual close friends, religious groups, clubs, work groups
In polling a group that does not accurately represent the larger population
Groups that seek policy goals that it believes will benefit the nation (general public) not just themselves
A small group of people who are typical of the larger group being studied
51. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is an Exit Poll?
Authorization to act given to a representative
A process by which individuals learn their political beliefs
A measurement of how much the sample results might differ from sample universe
Polling that involves interviewing voters as they leave the polling place and asking them for whom they voted for
52. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is political culture?
To persuade government officials to support the polices their interest group favors
Technique which everyone in a group has equal chance of being selected
The ideas and attitudes that significant number of americans hold about government and political issues
A set of basic values and beliefs about a nation and its government policy
53. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is Political Efficacy?
A persons belief that he or she can have an impact on government and policy
Technique which everyone in a group has equal chance of being selected
A set of basic values and beliefs about a nation and its government policy
In polling a group that does not accurately represent the larger population
54. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is political socialization?
An unscientific attempt to measure public opinion
A process by which individuals learn their political beliefs
A group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government policy
A group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government policy
55. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is random Sampling?
Method of polling in which wording of questions "push" respondees towards a particular answer
A measurement of how much the sample results might differ from sample universe
Technique which everyone in a group has equal chance of being selected
Authorization to act given to a representative
56. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is representative sample?
A small group of people who are typical of the larger group being studied
A group of people that is to be studied
Groups that seek policy goals that it believes will benefit the nation (general public) not just themselves
A group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government policy
57. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is a Sampling Error?
A measurement of how much the sample results might differ from sample universe
To persuade government officials to support the polices their interest group favors
The ideas and attitudes that signifcant number of americans hold about government and political issues
A process by which individuals learn their political beliefs
58. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is a straw poll?
Technique which everyone in a group has equal chance of being selected
A measurement of how much the sample results might differ from sample universe
An unscientific attempt to measure public opinion
Method of polling in which wording of questions "push" respondees towards a particular answe
59. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is a universe?
A group of people that is to be studied
The ideas and attitudes that signifcant number of americans hold about government and political issues
A small group of people who are typical of the larger group being studied
A measurement of how much the sample results might differ from sample universe
60. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which two groups have the strongest impact on political socialization in the United States?
mass media/family
schools/family
income/family
race/schools
61. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The most accurate way to measure public opinion is by
election results.
straw votes.
studying the media.
scientific polling.
62. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which method for measuring public opinion is more reliable?
Biased Sample
Straw Poll
Random Sample
Quota Sample
63. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
If you asked the same question about an upcoming election to many people, you would be conducting a
scientific poll.
straw vote.
public agenda.
representative sample.
64. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The earliest and on of the most significant agent in the political socialization process is the