Chapter 5 - Political Attitudes and Participation

Election laws are set and controlled by ____.

states

In _____ states, there are more daily newspapers paying attention to policy and educational matters than in individualistic states.

moralistic

The Electoral College gives a minimum of ____ votes to each state, regardless of population.

three

Washington and California use a similar primary system in which the top ______ finishers proceed to the general election, regardless of party.

two

When citizens or groups other than elected officials put a measure on the ballot to become a law, this is called a(n) ______.

popular initiative

When citizens put a measure on the ballot to affirm or reject an action of the legislature or another political actor, this is called a(n) ______.

popular referendum

Which amendment was meant to end discrimination against Black men seeking to vote?

Fifteenth Amendment

Which ballot arranges the candidates for each office in columns according to their party designation?

party column ballot

Which ballot led the states to print their own ballots and, therefore, to determine which parties should appear on ballots?

Australian ballot

Which officials count the ballots and report the results to the appropriate individual following an election?

county

Women received the right to vote with the ratification of the ______.

Nineteenth Amendment

______ voter turnout in the United States is lagging behind population growth.

Latino

According to the text, ______ is/are the main way that the will of the people connects to and influences the actions of government.

elections

According to the text, which of the following tends to decrease voter turnout?

strict ID laws

Among the concerns with ranked choice voting, some worry that it can lead to ______.

lower turnout

Average state opinion tends to be reflected in ______.

state-level policy decisions

Ballot initiatives are not necessarily the expressions of grassroots ideals anymore; instead, they are proposed and paid for by wealthy individuals, corporations, or interest groups.

True

Critics of voter ID laws argue that the laws provide a fake fix for ______.

nonexistent problems

For the most part, ______ elections are nonpartisan.

local

One of the criticisms of ballot initiatives is that they ______

don’t take into account other competing state priorities

Polling on voter ID requirements consistently show that ______.

voters support the idea of having to show a government-issued ID in order to vote

The Supreme Court upheld Ohio’s voter ______.

purging system, which drops voters if they haven’t voted in the past 8 years

Turnout tends to an increase for ______ elections.

competitive

Voting tends to pick up during competitive races because voters ______.

feel like their vote might make a difference

Which of the following was identified as one of the primary pillars of Republican strength these days?

the South