4 Written Questions

1. A state-level method of direct legislation that gives voters a chance to approve or disapprove proposed legislation or a proposed constitutional amendment.
2. A system adopted by the states that requires voters to register well in advance of Election Day. A few states permit this on Election Day.
3. A theory of voting in which voters essentially ask this simple question: "What have you done for me lately?"
4. The belief that in order to support democratic government, a citizen should always vote.

4 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The legal right to vote, extended to African Americans by the Fifteenth Amendment, to women by the Nineteenth Amendment, and to people over the age of 18 by the Twenty-sixth Amendment.
   1. legitimacy
   2. civic duty
   3. suffrage
   4. referendum
2. The idea that the winning candidate has a mandate from the people to carry out his or her platforms and politics. Politicians like the theory better than political scientists do.
   1. initiative petition
   2. voter registration
   3. Motor Voter Act
   4. mandate theory of elections
3. A unique American institution, created by the Constitution, providing for the selection of the president by electors chosen by the state parties. Although its vote usually reflects a popular majority, the winner-take-all rules give clout to big states.
   1. legitimacy
   2. electoral college
   3. policy voting
   4. suffrage
4. The belief that one's political participation really matters—that one's vote can actually make a difference.
   1. legitimacy
   2. civic duty
   3. political efficacy
   4. policy voting

4 True/False Questions

1. initiative petition → A system adopted by the states that requires voters to register well in advance of Election Day. A few states permit this on Election Day.

   True        False

2. policy voting → Electoral choices that are made on basis of the voters' policy preferences and on the basis of where the candidates stand on policy issues.

   True        False

3. legitimacy → A characterization of elections by political scientists meaning that they are almost universally accepted as a fair and free method of selecting political leaders. When it is high, as in the United States, even the losers accept the results peacefully.

   True        False

4. Motor Voter Act → Electoral choices that are made on basis of the voters' policy preferences and on the basis of where the candidates stand on policy issues.

   True        False