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WorksheetsVoting & Elections
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The location where voting is carried out?
a)
Polling Place
b)
Ballot
c)
Ward
d)
Exit Poll
2.
Asking a sample of voters leaving selected polling places how they voted?
a)
Absentee Ballot
b)
Polling Place
c)
Exit Poll
d)
Returns
3.
The list of candidates on which you cast your vote?
a)
Voting Booth
b)
Return
c)
Exit Poll
d)
Ballot
4.
The tabulated results of elections?
a)
Ballot
b)
Popular Vote
c)
Returns
d)
Electoral College
5.
All of the people who are eligible to vote?
a)
Candidates
b)
Electorate
c)
Petition
d)
Population
6.
Lack of interest?
a)
Apathy
b)
Optimism
c)
Empathy
d)
Ignorance
7.
A ballot used when people know they will be out of town on the day of the elections?
a)
Straight Ticket
b)
Butterfly Ballot
c)
Absentee Ballot
d)
Punch Card Ballot
8.
A voting district?
a)
Ward
b)
District
c)
Precinct
d)
Sector
9.
Members of the electoral college who actually cast the votes for president?
a)
Incumbent
b)
Electors
c)
Graduates
d)
Politicians
10.
The candidate who wins the popular vote in a state usually receives all of the state’s electoral votes?
a)
Proportional
b)
Caucus
c)
Winner-take-all System
d)
Incumbent
11.
An attempt to promote a particular person or idea?
a)
Influence
b)
Initiative
c)
Proposition
d)
Propaganda
12.
Politicians who have already been elected to office and are running again?
a)
Electors
b)
Candidates
c)
Incumbent
d)
Challenger
13.
Unlimited amounts of money for general campaign purposes?
a)
Soft Money
b)
Dark Money
c)
Hard Money
d)
Loans
14.
A way citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments?
a)
Referendum
b)
Initiative
c)
Ballot
d)
Recall
15.
A special election in which the people can remove a public official from office?
a)
Recall
b)
Initiative
c)
Referendum
d)
Proposition
16.
A proposed law?
a)
Initiative
b)
Proposition
c)
Referendum
d)
Directive
17.
Political action committees that are set up by interest groups?
a)
Soft Money
b)
Caucus Groups
c)
Political Action Committee
d)
Special Interest Group
18.
A way for citizens to approve or reject a state or local law?
a)
Referendum
b)
Propoganda
c)
Initiative
d)
Recall
19.
A group of electors that cast votes for president of the United States?
a)
University of Electors
b)
Closed Primary
c)
Electoral College
d)
Congress
20.
The state with the most electoral votes?
a)
Florida
b)
Texas
c)
New York
d)
California
21.
Many states have attempted to enact these over the past few years in order to "lessen" the likelihood of voter fraud?
a)
Voter ID Laws
b)
Blue Laws
c)
Mandatory Voting Laws
d)
Fines
22.
When candidates travel through neighborhoods asking for votes and support?
a)
Endorsements
b)
Canvassing
c)
Polling
d)
Propoganda
23.
Prohibits national political parties, federal officeholders, and federal candidates from raising soft money?
a)
McCain-Feingold Act
b)
Texas v Johnson
c)
Civil Service Act
d)
Selective Service Act
24.
Independent agency of the executive branch that is responsible for enforcing election laws?
a)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
b)
Federal Communication Commission (FCC)
c)
Federal Elections Commission (FEC)
d)
Federal Depositors Insurance Corp. (FDIC)
25.
The ultimate rulers of our democracy:
a)
The President
b)
The Congress
c)
The Supreme Court
d)
The People
26.
PACs can spend unlimited amounts of money on broadcasts and communications related to an election, provided they act independently of any one candidate.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
27.
A type of propaganda showing images of a candidate with his or her ideas?
a)
Disinformation
b)
Image Molding
c)
Gerrymandering
d)
Endorsements
28.
A propaganda technique based on the decision that if people admire the person promoting a candidate or product, they will support the candidate or product, too? (Celebrities)
a)
Endorsement
b)
Proposition
c)
Canvassing
d)
Image Molding
29.
Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause?
a)
Apathy
b)
Cooperative
c)
Partisan
d)
Election
30.
An individual may contribute up to $2,700 per election to a Federal candidate:
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
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