Question 1 (5 points)

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What impact would opinion intensity have on voter behavior?

Question 1 options:

	a) Voters who have weak opinions on an issue are more likely to take that issue into account when voting.
	b) Intensity has no impact on voting behavior.
	c) Voters who have strong opinions on an issue are more likely to take that issue into account when voting.
	d) Voters who have strong opinions on an issue are less likely to take that issue into account when voting.

Question 2 (5 points)

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What tends to cause major political shifts in the United States?

Question 2 options:

	a) Changes in Americans’ education levels
	b) Disposable income levels
	c) Changes in party platforms
	d) Major historical events

Question 3 (5 points)

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What term refers to a lack of interest in politics?

Question 3 options:

	a) Apathy
	b) Alienation
	c) Civic duty
	d) Attitude

Question 4 (5 points)

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Who of the following is most likely to vote Republican?

Question 4 options:

	a) Person with a graduate degree
	b) Person who lives in an urban area
	c) Hispanic person
	d) Person who lives in a rural area

Question 5 (5 points)

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How does American voter turnout compare to other democracies?

Question 5 options:

	a) We don’t have the data to make comparisons.
	b) American voter participation is lower than in most other democracies.
	c) American voter participation is higher than in most other democracies.
	d) American voter participation is about the same as in other democracies.

Question 6 (5 points)

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How did the generation that came of age during World War II differ from other generations in its view of government?

Question 6 options:

	a) That generation has a great sense of civic duty and trust in government.
	b) That generation greatly mistrusted the government.
	c) It’s the only generation to face an economic downturn.
	d) It’s the only generation in the last 100 years alive during warlike activity.

Question 7 (5 points)

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How did James Madison’s views on political parties change over time?

Question 7 options:

	a) He came to believe that parties should only be allowed on the state level of government.
	b) He came to believe that they should be banned by law.
	c) He came to realize that parties were the best way for citizens and leaders to accomplish goals.
	d) He came to distrust political parties later on in life.

Question 8 (5 points)

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How has the Republican Party of today changed from the Republican Party at the time of Lincoln?

Question 8 options:

	a) The Republican Party of today is a party of national power.
	b) The Republican Party of Lincoln was a party of national power.
	c) The Republican Party of Lincoln was a party of states’ rights.
	d) The Republican Party of Lincoln was anti-slavery.

Question 9 (5 points)

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How do most democracies differ from the United States when it comes to political parties?

Question 9 options:

	a) Most democracies have a multiparty system.
	b) Most democracies don’t have political parties.
	c) Most democracies have a two-party system.
	d) Most democracies have a one-party system.

Question 10 (5 points)

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What’s one way scientific polls can attempt to construct a representative sample of the overall population being measured?

Question 10 options:

	a) By limiting the poll to only recent voters
	b) By asking questions that are neutral in content
	c) By allowing anyone to answer the poll
	d) By randomly selecting people for the poll

Question 11 (5 points)

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When talking about public opinion, what term refers to how strongly people feel about their positions on an issue?

Question 11 options:

	a) Direction
	b) Salience
	c) Intensity
	d) Attitude

Question 12 (5 points)

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What tends to happen to sampling error as more people are included in a poll?

Question 12 options:

	a) It decreases.
	b) Sampling error isn’t affected by the number of people polled.
	c) It increases.
	d) It doesn’t change.

Question 13 (5 points)

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What term refers to a voter uniformly supporting a single party’s candidates?

Question 13 options:

	a) Party ticket
	b) Unique ticket
	c) Split ticket
	d) Straight ticket

Question 14 (5 points)

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Where can there be a limit in the power of a state to decide voter registration laws?

Question 14 options:

	a) Where there’s an intent to encourage people to vote
	b) Where there’s discriminatory intent
	c) Where the requirements might increase voter turnout
	d) Where the requirements might lower voter turnout

Question 15 (5 points)

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Which of the following statements is true regarding single-issue interest groups?

Question 15 options:

	a) These types of groups aren’t allowed as political action committees.
	b) The number of these groups has decreased in the past few decades.
	c) The number of these groups has risen sharply in the past few decades.
	d) These groups tend to focus on a broad array of policy issues.

Question 16 (5 points)

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Which of the following best describes the polarization of today’s political parties?

Question 16 options:

	a) The parties have come to overlap on many issues.
	b) The parties are now unable to pass laws due to partisanship.
	c) The divide between the parties has decreased since Reagan’s presidency.
	d) The divide between the parties has increased since Reagan’s presidency.

Question 17 (5 points)

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The term libertarian can be used to describe a person who is an

Question 17 options:

	a) economic liberal and cultural liberal.
	b) economic conservative and cultural conservative.
	c) economic conservative and cultural liberal.
	d) economic liberal and cultural conservative.

Question 18 (5 points)

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What types of interest groups tend to be the most thoroughly organized?

Question 18 options:

	a) Those associated with the environment
	b) Those associated with limiting gun ownership
	c) Those associated with economic activity
	d) Those associated with voting rights

Question 19 (5 points)

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Which of the following is an example of a citizens’ group?

Question 19 options:

	a) The National Farmers Union
	b) The National Association of Manufacturers
	c) The AFL-CIO
	d) National Organization for Women

Question 20 (5 points)

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What result did registration requirements have on voter turnout?

Question 20 options:

	a) Turnout among white people increased.
	b) Turnout declined.
	c) Turnout increased.
	d) Turnout stayed the same.