Exam 11: Political Participation and Voting Behavior

Downs (1957) famously argued that

Although Americans may vote less, participation in activities other than voting is higher than in most other democracies.

Elements of the American political system that might cause low voter turnout are all of the following EXCEPT

The social background and economic position of a person may be the ________ determinant of any form of political participation.

The sociological model of voting behavior is also known as the

Fiorina (1981) suggests there are two basic types of issue voting:

The most common form of participation is

__________ is the translation of personal preference into a voluntary action designed to influence public policy.

To explain the rationality of voting, Verba uses cost broadly to mean

Voting participation has _________ over time while other forms of participation have ________.

Besides a tendency toward getting stressed out by social conflict, might political participation be driven by other traits not traditionally considered causes of political engagement? How about personality? Risk tolerance or impulsiveness?

Election security is

There are _______ general categories of ways to participate in politics.

Candidate image is