1. State what typical turnout is for presidential, congressional, state and local elections in America. Also, explain why turnout is lower in America when compared to other democracies.
2. Review those historical factors that have accounted for variation in American voter turnout in both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
3. Summarize those key pieces of legislation and constitutional amendments that have expanded suffrage throughout American history.
4. Specify those factors that initiated a decline in turnout from 1960 to 1992.
5. Explain in detail how individual motivations and outside mobilization affect voting turnout.
6. Summarize and explain the roles of personal benefits, declining mobilization, and declining social connectedness in determining voter turnout.
7. Identify the personal characteristics, attitudes, and background of the voter and nonvoter.
8. Summarize and critically evaluate the three arguments that assert low turnout is a problem and the three arguments that assert low turnout is not a problem.

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