Unit 9 Practice Test

What were the first two political parties in the United States?

• Whigs and Democrats

• Wigs and Federalists

• Federalists and Democratic Republicans

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

• nominees

• citizens

• the electorate

The voting process that narrows down all nominees from a party, allowing the highest vote-getter to move on the the general election, is called a ___.

• primary election

• referendum

• secondary 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

AN "Off-year election year" election is when...

• No Congress or Presidential elections are being held

• When a Presidential election is being held

• ONLY Congress elections are being held.

This is when the largest demographic group of voters is not more than 50% of ALL voters.

• minority

• majority-minority

• anti-majoritarian

An incumbent politician is one who ___.

• is the current office-holder

• has never lost an election

• is a newly-elected representative

This allows eligible citizens to cast their ballots either in person at a polling place or by filling out a hand-marked paper ballot and returning it before Election Day with no reason necessary

• early voting

• absentee vote

• eligible vote

What US region tends to have the greatest population concentration?

• Northeast

• Northern Pacific Coast Region

• Southern Pacific Coast Region

All votes cast nationally for a candidate by registered voters is called the __.

• popular vote

• electoral vote

• proportional vote