Unit 9 Elections Test

The first two political parties in the United States were the _____and the_____ parties.

• Federalists

• Whigs

• Democractic-Republicans

• Democrats

All adult citizens who meet the age and residency requirements to be eligible to vote in an election are called ___.

• Citizens

• the electorate

• Surrogates

• Nominees

The voting process that narrows down all nominees from a party, allowing the highest vote-getter to compete against the nominees of other parties in the November election, is called a ___.

• due process

• secondary election

• referendum

• primary election

When voters choose a mix of candidates from various parties, as opposed to voting solely for members of a single political party, this is known as ___.

• straight-ticket voting

• party-line voting

• split-ticket voting

• primary voting

The image shows a 5-year election cycle. In "X" years, 1/3 of Senate seats and the entire House are up for election. In "Y" years there are no federal elections, though there are state and local elections (not shown). In "Z" years, the office of president is at stake, as are 1/3 of Senate seats and the entire House.

Match the letters in the yellow boxes with the correct term.

• X

• Off-year election year

• Y

• Midterm election year

• Z

• Presidential election year

The movement to pass the 19th Amendment, headed by the suffragettes, led to its ratification in 1920. What right did the 19th Amendment enshrine in the Constitution?

• voting rights for women

• voting rights for 18 year olds

• voting rights for Native Americans and Indigenous people

• voting rights for formerly enslaved people

By the middle of the 21st twenty-first century, around 2050, the United States will see Whites become less than 50 percent of the total U.S. population. While White people will remain the single largest demographic group, Black, Latino, Asian, and Native Americans together will comprise a majority of greater than 50 percent. This is called ___ status.

• anit-majoritarian

• majority-minority

• proportional

• default

An incumbent politician is one who ___.

• has been defeated for re-election but is serving out the rest of their term

• is the current office-holder

• is a newly-elected representative serving their first term in Congress

• has never lost an election

Examine this graphic that shows which party certain groups tend to vote for and choose the two statements that best reflect the data.

• Overall, Republicans have greater voter support than Democrats.

• People with religious backgrounds tend to vote Republican, while the religiously unaffiliated skew towards the Democratic party.

• Black voters tend to favor the Republican party by a large majority, nearly 70 percent.

• White men without a college degree favor the Republican party, while women with a college or post-graduate degree tend to favor Democrats.

Allows voters to cast a vote in an election when they cannot be present on Election Day by requesting a ballot be mailed to them

• Absentee vote

• Early voting