Chapter 10 Electronic Test (True and False)
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With the benefit of your textbook, supply the correct answer for each of the following questions in the space provided, then forward electronically. Insert a T for True, and F for False.
1.In general, studies have shown that voting and political participation decrease slowly with age, peaking in the mid-twenties and declining steadily after that.
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2. The psychological method of studying how the voters decide focuses on the social and economic background of the voters-their income, class, ethnic group, education, and similar factors-and attempts to relate these factors to how they vote.
3. Professional and business people have been more likely to vote for Democrats than for Republicans.
4. The number of people who identified with either of the two major political parties dropped from 80 percent in 1940 to 67 percent in 1995.
5. The president's party generally gains strength in midterm congressional elections.
6. A large number of states have scheduled gubernatorial elections in off-years to insulate themselves from the tides of national presidential politics; this separation of gubernatorial and presidential elections may help the candidates of the party that is out of power nationally.
7. The electoral system in the United States is neutral-it does not have any effects on the dynamics of voting by the American electorate.
8. Until the age of Andrew Jackson, voting was generally restricted to men who owned property and paid taxes.
9. The Constitution provides detailed guidelines for how members of Congress and the president should be nominated and how their names should be placed on the ballot.
10. Research has demonstrated that the form of the ballot may influence the vote.
11. In 1992 the television networks agreed not to project election winners in a state until the majority of the polls had closed in that state.
12. The Constitution does not provide for the popular election of the president.
13. The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions were controversial because they did little to change the balance of political power between the rural and urban areas of the United States.
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Chief Justice Richard Barajas Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics Cathedral High School, El Paso, Texas Last updated: January 6, 1999
