Political Behavior Quiz 5 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which state holds the first election during the primary season, but does not use a primary voting system?

2. What is the process of how family, media, education and ethnicity influence your political beliefs

3. Practice of drawing lines within a voting district that favor a particular political party, politicians or group of people

4. A poll that takes place as voters leave the primary election is

5. What is the process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions?

6. A survey used to gauge public opinion concerning issues or to forecast an election

7. In a closed primary

8. A set of ideas, beliefs _____ about how government should operate and how much government should be involved in our day to day lives.

9. The "Right" is associated with which party?

10. What do lobbyists try to do?

11. Both women & African Americans tend to favor _____ candidates

12. The U.S. state worth the most amount of Electoral votes.

13. What is the purpose of the electoral college?

14. Why do third parties struggle to win elections?

15. Which war led to the passage of the 26th Amendment?

16. Which of the following types of third parties are the longest lasting and are based on a particular set of beliefs?

17. Which may be said of a moderate?

18. How does voter registration effect voter turnout?

19. Forcing people to pay for the right to vote was called a _____ ?

20. If a poll comes within this average % of a sampling error, it is considered a good poll.

21. Third parties that form when the economy is poor with the goal of changing the circumstances in the economy

22. If someone is an independent voter who is not completely loyal to either party, what reasonable assumption can be made about their ballot?

23. Which countries have mandatory voting?

24. There is _____ in the Constitution that requires the United States to have two political parties.

25. Which of the following Supreme Court decisions made it dramatically easier for PACs to spend money in campaigns?