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10. Which of the following best describes the relationship between socioeconomic status and participation in politics?

(A) The lower one's socioeconomic status the more likely it is that one will run for public office
(B) The higher one's socioeconomic status, the greater the probability of active involvement in the political process
(C) Adults who are unemployed have a greater personal interest in policy and tend to participate more actively in politics than do employed adults
(D) People in the lower middle class are not the most likely to participate in politics
(E) There is no relationship between socioeconomic status and political participation

B

13. Which of the following were LEAST likely to have been part of the New Deal electoral coalition?

(A) Blue-collar workers
(B) Racial minorities
(C) Southerners
(D) Northern business leaders
(E) Farm laborers

D

22. Which of the following statements reflects a pluralist theory of American politics?
(A) American politics is dominated by a small elite
(B) Public policies emerge from cooperation among elites in business, labor, and government
(C) Public policies emerge from compromises reached among competing groups
(D) American politics is dominated by cities at the expense of rural areas
(E) The American political arena is made up of isolated individuals who have few group affiliations outside the family

C

42. American political culture is characterized by strong popular support for all of the following EXCEPT

(A) the rule of law
(B) limited government
(C) individual liberty
(D) equality of opportunity
(E) economic equality

E

54. Which of the following is an accurate statement about political participation in the United States today?

(A) A majority of Americans campaign for a candidate in each presidential election
(B) Over 75% of Americans vote in presidential elections
(C) People who participate in the political process are usually angry at the government
(D) Similar proportions of eligible men and women vote in presidential elections
(E) People in their thirties or forties are less likely to be active in politics than are those aged 18 to 21

D

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13. Which of the following statements best describes the organization of the two major political parties in the United States?

(A) Parties have no organizations except at the traditional level
(B) Parties are centrally organized to provide a smooth transition from one national campaign to the next
(C) Parties are organized much like a large corporation, in that decisions flow from national to state and local levels
(D) Local and state parties have virtually no power in the party system
(E) Separate and largely independent party organizations exist at the national, state and local levels

E

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10. Which of the following statements about Democrats and Republicans is true?

(A) City dwellers are more likely to call themselves Republicans than Democrats
(B) Republicans are more likely than Democrats to label themselves "conservatives"
(C) African American citizens are more likely to call themselves Republicans than Democrats
(D) Republicans are more likely than Democrats to believe that adequate medical care should be guaranteed by the federal government
(E) People in working-class occupations are more likely to call themselves Republicans than Democrats

B

11. Of the following groups of eligible voters, which is least likely to vote?

(A)The young with low education levels
(B) The middle-aged with low education levels
(C)Middle-aged and older women
(D) Blue-collar workers
(E) Middle-class African American citizens

A

14. Political parties serve which of the following functions in the United States?

I. Informing the public about political issues
II. Mobilizing voters and getting them to the polls
III. Organizing diverse interests within society
IV. Establishing the rules governing financial contributions to political candidates

(A) II only
(B) I and II only
(C) III and IV only
(D) I, II, and III only
(E) I, III, and IV only

D

16. Of the following, which best predicts the likelihood that citizens will vote?

(A) Their race
(B) Their religion
(C) Their educational level
(D) Their gender
(E) Their region of residence

C

24. Political socialization is the process by which

(A) the use of private property is regulated by the government
(B) governments communicate with each other
(C) public attitudes toward government are measured and reported
(D) political values are passed to the next generation
(E) children are trained for successful occupations

D

8. Which of the following best describes the practice of "ticket splitting"?

(A) A presidential nominee selects a running mate who can appeal to voter groups whose support of the nominee is weak
(B) A voter chooses the presidential nominee of one major party, but chooses congressional nominees of the other major party
(C) A mayor orders the local police force to hand out fewer parking violations in the weeks leading up to the general election
(D) A delegate to a national party convention supports the front-runner but remains uncommitted on the party platform
(E) A member of Congress votes against legislation proposed by his or her party leader

B

10. Compared with political parties in countries such as England and Israel, both of which have multiparty systems, American political parties are

(A) less interested in influencing the outcome of elections
(B) less clearly indentified with consistent political ideologies
(C) less effective at raising money from political supporters
(D) better able to reflect the goals of their entire constituencies
(E) more likely to organize around a single issue or goal

B

23. Successful candidates for the Republican presidential nomination tend to be more conservative than rank-and-file Republicans because

(A) moderate Republicans are less likely than conservative Republicans to gain widespread support in the general election
(B) most moderate Republicans have approved of the Democratic presidential candidate
(C) most rank-and-file Republicans do not care whether their party's nominee shares their political views
(D) party activists, whose political participation is disproportionate to their numbers, tend to be very conservative
(E) the Republican Party does not allow rank-and-file member to participate in the selection of the party's nominee

D

28. A member of which of the following demographic groups is most likely to support a Republican presidential candidate?

(A) White male
(B) White female
(C) African American, male or female
(D) Youths under the age of 25, male or female
(E) Individuals earning below poverty-level wages, male or female

A

43. Of the following groups that have traditionally supported the Democratic Party, which would LEAST likely be cited by someone arguing that the Democrats represented only liberal constituencies?

(A) White southerners
(B) Labor union members
(C) African Americans
(D) Northern ethnic minorities
(E) Environmentalists

A

44. The greatest number of American voters identify themselves as

(A) liberal
(B) conservative
(C) progressive
(D) reactionary
(E) moderate

E

45. People who join a political party other than the one to which their parents belong most often do so because of

(A) peer pressure
(B) economic issues
(C) religious beliefs
(D) pressure from their employers
(E) issues of international politics

B

46. Which of the following best describes the fate of most popular third-party movements?
(A) They displace one of the two major parties and become major parties themselves
(B) The are ultimately abandoned by the public because their politics are perceived as too radical
(C) Their supporters become frustrated and withdraw from the political process
(D) They remain active participants in the American political system indefinitely
(E) They disintegrate when one or both of the major parties adopt the third party's goals

E

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11. Which of the following is an accurate statement about the leadership of the two major political parties?

(A) The national party organization controls all facets of party activity throughout the country
(B) Party leadership is dispersed among numerous officials at the national, state, and local levels
(C) The highest elected official in each national party directs that party's activities and operations all the way down to the state and local levels
(D) All major decisions concerning party activities are made during each party's presidential nomination conventions
(E) Prominent former officeholders, such as ex-presidents, lead their respective political parties

B

15. Under which of the following conditions are people most likely to vote?

(A) When they believe that none of the contested races is close
(B) When media coverage of the election is intense
(C) When the voter is unfamiliar with the candidates
(D) When the voter is unaffiliated with a political party
(E) During a midterm election

B

37. The absence of a political party solely dedicated to labor and working class issues in the United States

(A) the membership of committees often over-represents
(B) is the result of government restrictions placed on the political activities of labor unions
(C) reflects the difficulty of unifying a party around a single issues in a "winner-take-all" f format
(D) demonstrates that, in the United States, most political issues regarding workers have been decided in the workers' favor
(E) illustrates that race, not class, is the primary political division in the United States

C

44. All of the following contribute to lower voting rates among Americans in the 18-to-25 age bracket EXCEPT
(A) college attendance in a state other than one's home state
(B) frequent relocation of one's primary residence
(C) the remoteness of most political issues to the daily lives of young people
(D) the fact that the minimum voting age in some states is 21
(E) military service

D

46. When the Democratic Party pursues liberal social policies, it is most likely to alienate which of its traditional bases?

(A) People holding advanced academic degrees
(B) Northeastern city dwellers
(C) Southerners
(D) Jewish Americans
(E) Urban African Americans

C

53. Which of the following is true of most third parties in U.S. history?

(A) They arose and succeeded during times of prosperity
(B) They were created to protest wars
(C) At some point they won a majority of seats in Congress
(D) They flourished during periods of widespread dissatisfaction
(E) They arose in response to increased government regulation

D

56. Which of the following statements about voting patterns is NOT true?

(A) Non-whites are more likely to vote Democratic than are whites
(B) Women are more likely to vote Democratic than are men
(C) Low-income Americans are more likely to vote Democratic than are upper- income Americans
(D) Fundamentalists are more likely to vote Democratic than are non-religious Americans
(E) Homosexuals are more likely to vote Democratic than are heterosexuals

D

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