PSCI 210 Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
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PSCI 210 Final Exam Questions With
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Voter turn out since 2000 - answerVoter turn out people ages 65-74
Majority v. Plurality Systems - answerPlurality voting is distinguished from majority voting,
in which a winning candidate must receive an absolute majority of votes: more than...
PSCI 210 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
Voter turn out since 2000 - answer✔✔Voter turn out people ages 65-74
Majority v. Plurality Systems - answer✔✔Plurality voting is distinguished from majority voting,
in which a winning candidate must receive an absolute majority of votes: more than half of all
votes (more than all other candidates combined if each voter has one vote).
Party Identification (PID) - answer✔✔It is the strength of an individual's attachment to a
political party.
Factors affecting voter turnout - answer✔✔many factors impact voter turnout, including new
election laws, the type of election (e.g., presidential or midterm), and the competitiveness of the
race
Split Ticket Voting - answer✔✔vote for candidates of more than one party
Why negative ads work - answer✔✔This study concluded that negative advertising suppressed
voter turnout, particularly for Independent voters. They speculated that campaigns tend to go
negative only if the Independent vote is leaning toward the opponent. In doing so, they insure
that the swing voters stay home, leaving the election up to base voters.
prospective voting - answer✔✔basing voting decisions on well-informed opinions and
consideration of the future consequences of a given vote
Retrospective Voting - answer✔✔voting based on the past performance of a candidate
Issues Voting - answer✔✔an individual's propensity to select candidates or parties based on the
extent to which the individual agrees with one candidate more than others on specific issues
Elections and Mandates - answer✔✔In representative democracies, a mandate (or seat) is the
authority granted by a constituency to act as its representative. Elections, especially ones with a
large margin of victory, are often said to give the newly elected government or elected official an
implicit mandate to put into effect certain policies.
Voting and Rationality - answer✔✔Voters' decisions are rational if their voting behavior is based
on (a) voters' intention (intention-behavior consistency), and if their intention is based on (b)
voters' evaluations of the performance or capabilities of the candidate (candidate evaluation
Negative Ads - answer✔✔political campaign advertising, usually on television, in which
candidates criticize the opponents rather than emphasizing their own platforms
Contrast Ads - answer✔✔ad that compares the records and proposals of the candidates, with a
bias toward the sponsor
Positive Ads - answer✔✔advertising on behalf of a candidate that stresses the candidate's
qualifications, family, and issue positions, with no direct reference to the opponent
Analytics - answer✔✔A term describing the extensive use of data, statistical and quantitative
analysis, explanatory and predictive models, and fact-based management to drive decisions and
actions.
Logic of NOT Voting - answer✔✔The paradox of voting, also called Downs' paradox, is that for
a rational, self-interested voter, the costs of voting will normally exceed the expected benefits.
Ground Game (GOTV) - answer✔✔A campaign's efforts to "get out the vote" or make sure their
supporters vote on Election Day.
Duverger's Law - answer✔✔in political science, ------ holds that single-ballot majoritarian
elections with single-member districts tend to favor a two-party system.
Australian ballot - answer✔✔a government-printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in
secret that many states adopted around 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party-printed
ballots cast in public
Party Unity Voting - answer✔✔Votes in congress in which a majority of the members of one
party vote on one side of an issue and the majority of members of the other party vote on the
other side.
How parties got weaker - answer✔✔They're weakened by state and federal laws. Federalism is a
main reason. Separated powers of branches weaken parties.
How parties got stronger - answer✔✔Political factions or parties began to form during the
struggle over ratification of the federal Constitution of 1787. Friction between them increased as
attention shifted from the creation of a new federal government to the question of how powerful
that federal government would be.
Issue Advocacy - answer✔✔Promoting a particular position or an issue paid for by interest
groups or individuals but not candidates. Much issue advocacy is often electioneering for or
against a candidate, and until 2004 had not been subject to any regulation.
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