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🗽Ch. 10 Review
Government, Ch 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Elections in America are ___ & ___ | Free, fair |
| Presidential elections are held every ___ years | Four |
| ____ elections are held every 4 years | Presidential |
| Congressional elections are held every ____ years | Two |
| ____ elections are held every 2 years | Congressional |
| T/F: Americans can vote in several elections a year | True |
| T/F: Americans can't vote in several elections a year | False |
| T/F: Americans can vote in the same election multiple times | False |
| Voting is the most common form of participation in ____ ___ | American, politics |
| _____is the most common form of participation in American politics | Voting |
| Which 2 governments choose when elections are held? | Local, state |
| Running elections falls on ____ & ____ governments | State, local |
| 1 of 3 things State & Local governments need to do when running an election | Establish staff polling locations |
| 2 of 3 things State & Local governments need to do when running an election | Process mail in ballots |
| 3 of 3 things State & Local governments need to do when running an election | Verify voter eligibility |
| State laws influence elections, what 3 things do they influence? | Who, how, & when they vote |
| ___ ___ influence elections | State, laws |
| Election season begins with ___ ___ | Primary, elections |
| Primary elections select candidates for ___ ___ | General, elections |
| US is one of the few nations to hold what? | Primary elections |
| 1 of 3 ways democratic countries win an election | Majority system |
| 2 of 3 ways democratic countries win an election | Plurality system |
| 3 of 3 ways democratic countries win an election | Proportional system |
| A majority system includes provisions for a ___ ___ | Runoff, election |
| A ___ ___ includes provisions for a runoff election | Majority, system |
| Which system receives most votes, not necessarily the majority of votes in a single district | Plurality system |
| The U.S. uses a ____ system | Plurality |
| The plurality system is also known as the ___ takes ___ | Winner, all |
| Which system does each political party is awarded legislative seats in rough proportion to overall % of votes | Proportional system |
| ____ system benefits small parties | Proportional |
| Proportional systems benefit ____ | Small parties |
| Proportional systems benefit smaller parties because... | They can seat with fewer votes than would be required in a majority or plurality system |
| Before ___ voters casts ballots according to ___ ___ | 1980s, political, parties |
| Old ballots made anything other than ____ ____ ____ to cast | Straight, ticket, voting |
| Neutral & secret ballots were introduced in the ____ ____ | 20th, century |
| What's split ticket voting? | Voting for one political party for something but voting for the other party for another thing |
| What was the concern with HAVA & electronic voting? | Getting hacked |
| In 2016, 21 states' computerized election system were hacked by ___ | Russia |
| After Russia hacked into our election system, the ballots ___ changed | Weren't |
| All eligible residents of a state may votes for a _____ & 2 ____ | Governor, senators |
| Redistricting happens every ___ years to reflect shifts in ____ | 10, population |
| Explain Baker v. Carr | Supreme Court ruled federal courts can intervene on issues, districts must roughly be equal in population. Dealt with redistricting. |
| Explain Shaw v. Reno | Supreme Court opposed efforts to force states to create majority-minority districts. Districting based on race/ethnicity is unlawful. Most occur naturally in states with large minority population, if so, its fine but can't force. |
| Size of a state's delegation depends on the ____ | Population |
| How many electoral votes are there in total? | 538 |
| Louisiana has how many electoral votes? | 8 |
| California has how many electoral votes? | 54 |
| Eliminating ___ ___ would be difficult to do | Electoral, college |
| Why would eliminating electoral college be difficult? | Would require a Constitutional Amendment |
| Local campaigns rely on ___ of people | Hundreds |
| State campaigns rely on ___ of people | Thousands |
| Presidential campaigns rely on ___ ___ ___of people | Tens, of, thousands |
| List the first 3 professional consultants | Campaign manager, media consultant, pollsters |
| List the last 3 professional consultants | Analytics team, financial advisors, press spokesperson |
| Its recommended to start raising funds ___ elections | Before |
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