The impact of swing voters is only relevant if
A) voters are registered as independents.
B) the election is local.
C) voting turnout is high.
D) an election is competitive.
E) an incumbent is running for office.
Question -2-The constitutional sharing of power by a national government and regional units of government characterizes and defines a unitary system.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question -3-An individual who sometimes votes Republican and sometimes votes Democratic is known as a
A) dealigning voter.
B) battleground voter.
C) split voter.
D) swing voter.
E) partisan voter.
Question -4-The constitutional sharing of power by a national government and regional units of government characterizes and defines federalism.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question -5-A problem with dealignment theory is that
A) straight-ticket voting is now nearly universal.
B) many so-called independent voters are not really all that independent.
C) most voters are swing voters.
D) realignments in American political history are generally unknown.
E) closely divided elections are rare.
Question -6-The United States has a unitary system of government in which power is constitutionally shared between the national and state governments.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question -7-What occurs in straight-ticket voting?
A) Voters adjust their support from one party to another.
B) Citizens link themselves to a particular political party.
C) People vote exclusively for the candidates of one party.
D) Substantial groups of voters switch party allegiance.
E) Groups of voters grow large enough to change the partisan balance in a district, state, or country.
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