Question 1

Electoral participation is higher in PR systems than in SMDP systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

How many large parties are there, on average, in a country with single-member-district plurality system

Accepted Answer

A)  One 
B)  Two 
C)  Three 
D)  Four 
E)  Five 
A)  One 
B)  Two 
C)  Three 
D)  Four 
E)  Five

Question 3

Which of the following statements about SMDP and PR systems is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  PR systems are more likely than SMDP systems to have legislators that feel strongly tied to a particular region 
B)  PR systems provide fewer choices for voters than SMDP systems do 
C)  SMDP systems are more common than PR systems 
D)  Neither the SMDP system nor the PR system is effective in promoting democracy 
E)  Voters in a SMDP system can feel like they are "wasting" their votes 
A)  PR systems are more likely than SMDP systems to have legislators that feel strongly tied to a particular region 
B)  PR systems provide fewer choices for voters than SMDP systems do 
C)  SMDP systems are more common than PR systems 
D)  Neither the SMDP system nor the PR system is effective in promoting democracy 
E)  Voters in a SMDP system can feel like they are "wasting" their votes

Question 4

Your vote is not likely to matter (determine the outcome of an election) and you reason that it is irrational to take the time and spend the energy to vote. Others reason similarly and shrink from voting. But if everyone exercises the same logic and only a few people vote, then your vote does have muscle and does matter. This situation is labeled the
_________________________________.

Accepted Answer

paradox of

Question 5

Which American state is well-known for putting referenda and similar measures to the voters in large numbers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Georgia 
B)  Minnesota 
C)  California 
D)  Texas 
E)  Utah 
A)  Georgia 
B)  Minnesota 
C)  California 
D)  Texas 
E)  Utah

Question 6

Elections are found exclusively in democratic political systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Knesset is the name for the _________________ in Israel.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Knesset is the name for the...

Electoral participation is higher in PR systems than in SMDP systems.

How many large parties are there, on average, in a country with single-member-district plurality system

Which of the following statements about SMDP and PR systems is true?

Which American state is well-known for putting referenda and similar measures to the voters in large numbers?

Elections are found exclusively in democratic political systems.

The Knesset is the name for the _________________ in Israel.

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Exam 10: Elections

Electoral participation is higher in PR systems than in SMDP systems.

How many large parties are there, on average, in a country with single-member-district plurality system

Which of the following statements about SMDP and PR systems is true?

Which American state is well-known for putting referenda and similar measures to the voters in large numbers?

Elections are found exclusively in democratic political systems.

The Knesset is the name for the _________________ in Israel.

Politics: Setting the Stage

Modern Ideologies and Political Philosophy

The Modern State

Policies of the State

Economic Policy of the State

What Lies Behind Policy: Questions of Justice and Effectiveness

Democracies and Authoritarian Systems

Political Culture and Political Socialization

Constitutions and the Design of Government

Parties: a Linking and Leading Mechanism in Politics

Structured Conflict: Interest Groups and Politics

Social Movements and Contentious Politics

National Decision-Making Institutions: Parliamentary Government

National Decision-Making Institutions: Presidential Government

Bureaucracy and the Public Sector

Law and the Courts

Global Politics: Politics Among States and Others

Filters