Unit 5 Voting and Political Parties 5.1-5.12

Which amendment was directed specifically at increasing voting access for African-Americans?

• 17th amendment

• 19th amendment

• 24th amendment

• 26th amendment

Reorder the following procedures to choose Presidential candidates in the order they happened historically:

• Primary system

• National Conventions

• "King Caucus"

Citizens who believe that their votes will have no effect on the outcome of an election have a

• high level of political interest

• low level of political cynicism

• high level of political participation

• low level of political efficacy

Match the following terms:

• statement of beliefs

• political efficacy

• legal requirements needed to vote

• mobilization

• get out the vote efforts

• party platforms

• How well do you understand the issues?

• linkage institutions

• connects voters to policy makers

• structural barriers

Virginia has a very simple and fast process to take part in party nominations. Anyone can show up and vote for party nominees; you can choose to vote in either parties process with declaring any party loyalty. This is an example of

• an open primary

• a close primary

• an open caucus

• a closed caucus

If most voters make their 2024 decision for President based on whether Joe Biden has done a good job the last 3+ years, that would be which model?

• prospective

• retrospective

• rational-choice

• straight ticket

The Electoral College impacts elections because candidate focus their elections on

• close ("swing") states

• large states

• small states

• partisan states

The power of political parties was substantially weakened with the creation of

• mobilization efforts

• the "King Caucus" process

• party conventions

• the primary system

The most widely performed act of political participation in the United States is

• voting in local elections

• voting in presidential elections

• attending local party meetings

• writing letters to public officials

The number one campaign expenditure is on

• campaign strategy

• advertisements

• mobilization efforts

• education of voters