The first state to grant women the right to vote in presidential elections was
A) Rhode Island.
B) South Carolina.
C) Wyoming.
D) Virginia.
E) Massachusetts.
Question -2-Which of the following statements concerning midterm or off-year elections is correct?
A) The president's party generally loses strength in midterm congressional elections.
B) Substantially fewer voters turn out in off-year elections.
C) Substantially fewer peripheral voters turn out in off-year elections than in presidential elections.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.
Question -3-Which of the following statements concerning midterm or off-year elections is correct?
A) The president's party generally gains strength in midterm congressional elections.
B) Substantially more voters turn out in off-year elections.
C) Substantially fewer voters turn out in off-year elections.
D) Substantially more peripheral voters turn out in off-year elections than in presidential elections.
E) None of the above.
Question -4-The president's party generally
A) loses strength in midterm congressional elections.
B) gains strength in midterm congressional elections.
C) maintains the same strength in midterm congressional elections.
D) gains if it is Democratic and loses if it is Republican in midterm congressional elections.
E) none of the above.
Question -5-Which of the following is correct concerning voting behavior in presidential and congressional elections?
A) There is no difference in voting behavior in presidential elections and congressional elections.
B) Since the end of World War II, the Democratic Party has been stronger in presidential elections than in congressional elections.
C) Since the end of World War II, the Democratic Party has been stronger in congressional elections than in presidential elections.
D) Since the end of World War II, the Republican Party has been stronger in congressional elections than in presidential elections.
E) All of the above.
Question -6-When Franklin D. Roosevelt formed an alliance that was composed of the South, the urban North, minority groups, and labor unions, he was forming a
A) coattail.
B) coalition.
C) split ticket.
D) checker board.
E) primary group.
Question -7-When voters determine how they will vote by looking back at what has happened under the country's current political leadership, and then make a rough judgment about the leaders' performance in office, those voters are engaging in
A) prospective voting.
B) astrological voting.
C) retrospective voting.
D) consensus voting.
E) historical voting.
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