Exam 16: The Politics of Aging

What evidence is there that an entitlement crisis exists?

Proof that age does impact voting preferences is shown by the percentage of young people who voted for Barack Obama in 2012. That percentage was:

Did you vote in the last election? What factors went into your decision to vote or not to vote? What factors influenced your candidate of choice?

Older people are _____ likely of all age groups to be involved in a social movement.

A main goal of the National Council of Senior Citizens is to lobby for health insurance legislation.

Older people are more likely to hold political offices because of their wisdom.

The first major social movement consisting primarily of older people was the Townsend movement.

Voter turnout is consistently low among older people for all election years.

The age at which the Constitution mandates that a person can be president is:

The largest senior voluntary organization is the:

The major issue in the generational equity debate is that there is more spending by the government for the elderly than for the youth. An international study on trends in spending on children and the elderly in Western nations found that:

The main role of old age interest groups has been that of:

Identify an accurate statement about voting.

Older people are more likely to engage in bloc voting than any other age group.