UNIT 2 Assessment: The Power of Elections

A. To allow citizens to directly vote on every law.

B. To determine the national budget for the year.

C. To provide the mechanism by which citizens choose the leaders who will represent them.

D. To organize non-electoral participation like protests and lobbying.

Civic Life

Personal Ideology

Popular Sovereignty

Deliberation

Campaign Finance Reform.

Automatic Voter Registration.

Term Limits for Congress.

Voter Identification Laws.

The strength of the Republican Party in Chicago.

The influence of national party platforms on local races.

The power of organized voter participation and coalition-building by marginalized groups.

Requiring all citizens to register to vote.

Banning all forms of digital campaigning.

Allowing corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts of money on elections (as long as it is independent of a candidate's campaign).

Eliminating the Electoral College.

Organizing large-scale protests and strikes.

Running for office themselves.

Researching issues, volunteering, lobbying local officials, or launching an action project.

Waiting for the next election cycle to express opinions.

A. A lack of viable candidates on the ballot.

B. Overwhelmingly high voter turnout in all areas.

C. Significant disparities in voter turnout rates among different demographic groups (e.g., age, income).

D. The inability of candidates to raise enough money.

Only the candidates running for office.

Interest groups, wealthy donors, and media organizations.

Only those with inherited political positions.

Foreign governments exclusively.

Identify a problem or issue in their community.

Develop a plan to address the issue.

Take action to try and influence or solve the issue.

Read a civics textbook.