Unit 6: voting, media, and interest groups

Which amendment set the voting age to 18?

• 26th amendment

• 24th amendment

• 19th amendment

• 23rd amendment

The group of people with the lowest voter turnout rate is

• college graduates.

• young people.

• women.

• senior citizens over 70.

The three universal requirements States use for a person to be eligible to vote are

• residence, gender, and income.

• citizenship, property ownership, and gender.

• citizenship, residence, and age.

• income, employment, and age.

Election Day is usually held in which month of the year?

• September

• October

• November

• December

In the US Election process, the acronym PAC stands for -

• Primary Accountability Council

• Political Action Committee

• Primary Audit Council

• People's Action Council

To assess public opinion, political observers today rely primarily on

• election returns

• newspaper editorials

• voter registration drives

• opinion polls

Campaign ads showing candidates as regular people doing everyday things to relate to voters use which advertising technique?

• Transfer
• Plain Folks Appeal
• Glittering Generalities
• Bandwagon

When a newspaper, or other form of media, slants articles or stories in favor of one candidate or party, it's called:

• Favoritism
• Special Treatment
• Bias
• Name Calling

People who join together to pursue a common interest in influencing legislation are known as what?

• Political Action Committees (PAC's)
• Public Opinion
• Mass Media
• Interest Groups

When people don't turn out to vote because they don't care, it is known as what?

• Voter Apathy
• Ballot Fatigue
• Sleep-in Voters
• proCannot Voters