WorksheetsUS Government Unit 6 Test
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
Lack of interest
No sense of political efficacy
Ballot fatigue
Those issues are reasons for what?
why people vote
reason people vote democrat
reason people vote for third parties
reasons for not voting
Which level of government is responsible for running elections?
the states
federal
concurrent
all of the above
Which of the following would be the best policy proposal to help lower income people increase their voting percentage?
Reduce the number of voting machines in low income neighborhoods.
providing free education from K - 12
Making election day a national holiday so low-income people would not have to miss a day of work to vote
Enacting stricter voter ID laws to ensure fraud doesn’t exist.
"The impeachment of Trump doesn't matter to me because he's the Republican candidate, and I always vote Republican" would be an example of:
Retrospective voting
Prospective voting
Party-line voting
Rational choice
"I'm going to vote for Bernie Sanders in the primary because I think he has the best plan to help me with my student loan debt" would be an example of:
Retrospective voting
Prospective voting
Party-line voting
Rational choice
"Nancy Pelosi's leadership in the House has been awful, I will vote Republican because of it" would be an example of:
Retrospective voting
Prospective voting
Party-line voting
Rational choice
"I'm voting for Joe Biden because he gives me hope that we will be able to unify our country and begin to get things done across party lines" would be an example of:
Retrospective voting
Prospective voting
Party-line voting
Rational choice
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
13th
14th
15th
17th
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
23rd
18th
21st
19th
Which Amendment abolished poll taxes?
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
Which of the following was NOT banned by the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Motor voter laws
Grandfather Clauses
Literacy Tests
Poll taxes
Which Amendment gave 18-20 year olds the right to vote?
23rd
26th
27th
25th
What did the Motor Voter Act do?
It requires you to renew your driver's license in order to vote.
It requires states to transport you to the polls on election day.
It requires states to let you register to vote when you apply for or renew your driver's license.
It requires you to have a state ID to vote.
Gabriel Sarwan only votes for political candidates whose platforms directly benefit the profitability of his small business.
This voting behavior can best be characterized by which of the following models?
Retrospective voting
Prospective voting
Party-line voting
Rational choice voting
Teddy Flood lives in Texas and is voting in the 2018 election. When he gets to the ballot box, he decides to do straight-ticket voting, in which he checks one box to cast a ballot for every candidate from the Democratic party.
Which model of voting behavior does this best represent?
Retrospective voting
Prospective voting
Party-line voting
Rational choice voting
Selina voted for Senator Bruce Wayne (D-NY) in 2008 and was unhappy with his performance in office because he didn’t fix the economy. So in the 2014 midterm elections, Selina decides to vote for Barbara Kean, a Republican candidate.
Which model of voting behavior does this best represent?
Retrospective voting
Prospective voting
Party-line voting
Rational choice voting
Which election in the United States has the highest voter turnout?
Federal elections
State elections
Local elections
Presidential election
What is political efficacy?
The belief that your vote counts
The belief that voting is a civic duty
The belief that voting is a waste of time
The belief that politicians are corrupt
All of the following are linkage institutions except for
Congress
elections
political parties
media
interest groups
