Exam 8: Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting

A system designed to reduce voter fraud by limiting voting to those who have established eligibility to vote by submitting the proper documents is called

The most powerful socializing agent is

In most states persons must be registered voters in order to vote and voters are expected to vote in designated voting places.

Prospective issue voting is voting based on what a candidate pledges to do.

Undecided voters are also often called ________ voters.

In a random sample,

Voters tend NOT to hold the president accountable for national economic problems.

Approximately 90% of the population is interested in politics most of the time.

A widely shared and consciously held view is called a

The Literary Digest poll of 1936

In the wake of the 2000 and 2004 elections, federal and state governments have invested billions of dollars in new voting technology, established new rules on provisional ballots, and modernized voting methods.

The Florida case in this year demonstrates that our country has a lot of work to do to make how we vote fair and transparent to all voters.

________________ voting is voting based on what a candidate pledges to do in the future about an issue if elected.

Government by the people is most frequently exercised by voting.

The distribution of individual preferences or evaluation of a given issue, candidate, or institution within a population is known as citizen sentiment.

The reason most commonly cited for people NOT voting in elections is

Compared to most other democracies, turnout in American elections is lower.

Those who believe that nonvoting is a critical problem cite the "class bias" of those who do vote.This means that

The United States holds more elections for more offices than any other democracy.

When a substantial percentage of a sample of the population agree on an issue there is a