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Elections and Voting Behavior
Multiple-Choice Quiz

1 .       Elections serve the purpose of [Hint]



2 .       Voters in some states can put a proposed law on the ballot with [Hint]



3 .       In the election of 1800 [Hint]



4 .       In the election of 1896 the Republicans supported [Hint]



5 .       The 2000 election was the first presidential election in which [Hint]



6 .       As the right to vote has been extended, [Hint]



7 .       Which of the following factors is NOT central to the decision of whether or not to vote? [Hint]



8 .       The belief that ordinary people can influence the government is known as [Hint]



9 .       The voter registration system is [Hint]



10 .       All other things being equal, who of the following individuals is most likely to vote? [Hint]



11 .       The four conditions for true policy voting include all of the following EXCEPT: [Hint]



12 .       In the 1950s, the single best predictor of a voter's decision of how to vote was [Hint]



13 .       Many voters have come to feel that they no longer need the parties to guide their choices because [Hint]



14 .       A study by Rosenberg and McCafferty concluded that [Hint]



15 .       The voters most likely to view the candidates in terms of their personal attributes are [Hint]



16 .       Today, it is somewhat easier for voters to vote according to policies. The key difference between the 1950s and 1960s and today is that [Hint]



17 .       The two states which do not have a winner-take-all system for electoral votes are [Hint]



18 .       If a presidential candidate does not receive a majority of electoral college votes, then the president is chosen [Hint]



19 .       The electoral college system can introduce bias in the electoral process that favors [Hint]



20 .       Parties and candidates [Hint]



21 .       Retrospective voting refers to voting [Hint]



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