1 .		Regular free elections [Hint]   A. none are correct   B. ensure that the government is held accountable to the people.   C. enable citizens to influence the actions of their government   D. all are correct   E. guarantee mass political action
2 .		Voters that cast ballots based on what a candidate pledges to do about an issue if elected, such as was the case with presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon in 1968, are engaged in [Hint]   A. character judgment.   B. retrospective judgment.   C. prospective judgment.   D. peculiar judgment.   E. a secular realignment.
3 .		If a registered Democrat wanted to vote on the Republican ballot in a primary, he or she would want to be in a state that has a(n) [Hint]   A. stacked primary.   B. electoral college.   C. gerrymandered system.   D. closed primary.   E. open primary.
4 .		Which of the following elections actually fills the nation's public offices? [Hint]   A. stacked primary.   B. general election   C. blanket primary election   D. closed primary election   E. open primary election
5 .		The process that allows citizens to propose legislation and submit it to the state electorate for a popular vote refers to which of the following? [Hint]   A. referendum   B. initiative   C. mandate   D. caucus   E. none of the above
6 .		The oldest, most party-oriented, and least frequently used method today of choosing delegates to the national conventions is the [Hint]   A. winner-take-all primary.   B. caucus.   C. stacked primary   D. open primary.   E. proportional representation primary.
7 .		The selection of delegates to the conventions is no longer [Hint]   A. being done at all; instead, presidential candidates are selected to represent a party on the basis of a nationwide vote.   B. the function of local party leaders.   C. the function of party leaders but of primary elections and grassroots caucuses.   D. the function of primary elections and grassroots caucuses but of party leaders.   E. the function of party leaders but of governors and members of Congress.
8 .		Democratic delegates tend to [Hint]   A. be the least representative of their state's population.   B. be more libertarian than their own party's voters on most issues.   C. be older when compared to the Republican delegates.   D. less likely be members of a labor union when compared to the Republican delegates.   E. be more to the left (or liberal) of their own party's voters on most issues.
9 .		A state's electoral vote is [Hint]   A. not determined by the Constitution.   B. equal to the number of senators plus the number of House members.   C. determined only by its number of registered voters.   D. determined only by the size of its population.   E. determined by when it was admitted into the Union.
10 .		Today, if no candidate receives a majority vote in the electoral college, then [Hint]   A. the candidate who wins in the greatest number of states nationwide will take office.   B. the election is cast into the House of Representatives.   C. the candidate who receives the greatest number of popular votes nationwide will take office.   D. the candidate who receives the greatest number of electoral votes nationwide will take office.   E. a "coin toss" determines the winner.
11 .		A shifting of party coalition groupings in the electorate that remains in place for several elections is known as a [Hint]   A. party realignment.   B. critical election.   C. gerrymander era.   D. retrospective judgment.   E. prospective judgment.
12 .		Congressional incumbents seeking reelection usually need to worry least about [Hint]   A. name recognition.   B. their opposition candidate.   C. the president's popularity with the voters.   D. redistricting.   E. scandal.
13 .		Besides Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, the president whose party lost the greatest number of seats in an off-year election since World War II was [Hint]   A. Bill Clinton.   B. Harry Truman.   C. Gerald Ford.   D. Jimmy Carter.   E. Richard Nixon
14 .		Congressional incumbents of the president's party usually do [Hint]   A. worse during an off-year election.   B. about the same regardless if it is a presidential election year or not.   C. not campaign with their president.   D. not win or lose in any measurable pattern.   E. worse during a presidential election year.
15 .		In the 2002 congressional elections, Republicans [Hint]   A. and Democrats managed to draw a tie; neither party gained seats.   B. gained a few seats.   C. lost control of the Congress to the Democrats.   D. lost a few seats.   E. lost control of the Congress to the Greens.
16 .		In studying voter turnout statistics, there is a relationship between voting and [Hint]   A. income.   B. race.   C. age.   D. A, B, and C are correct   E. none are correct
17 .		Which voter group now comprises a majority of the adult population in virtually all of the American states? [Hint]   A. men   B. women   C. none are correct   D. Hispanics   E. eighteen- to twenty-four-year-olds
18 .		Voter turnout in the United States [Hint]   A. is not measured any longer.   B. has been increasing in recent elections since 1980.   C. represents about the same participation rate of the average among nations in the industrialized world.   D. represents one of the lowest participation rates of any nation in the industrialized world.   E. represents one of the highest participation rates of any nation in the industrialized world.
19 .		All of the following were cited by the authors as reasons for a low voter turnout rate in the United States, EXCEPT [Hint]   A. voter attitudes.   B. difficulty of registration.   C. number of elections.   D. strong political parties.   E. voters are too busy.
20 .		Since 1960, the practice of ticket-splitting in the United States has [Hint]   A. not had any effect on the party control of the Congress v. the presidency.   B. stayed about the same.   C. not been measured.   D. soared dramatically.   E. decreased dramatically.