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Voter turnout

AP US GOV Chapter 8 outline(JR DREVELUS)

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Chapter 8: Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting Notes Intro: For most of history voting was limited hours held in a public place such as a school or firehouse. Now, we have absentee ballots that allow you to vote in advance of election day Oregon was the first state to adapt this these type of ballots: reduce cost increase turnout these ballots have been liberalized(no reason needed for absentee ballot) Forming Pol. Opinions and Values no one is born with values they are acquired by others through socialization That socializations lays foundation for beliefs, values, ideology and partisanship. Pol. Socialization Is The process by which we develop our values, attitudes and beliefs. Most common agents are family and schools. Starts in childhood

Political Participation

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CHAPTER 6 Political Participation Chapter Outline with Keyed-in Resources SEQ NLI \r 0 \h I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . A closer look at nonvoting SEQ NLA \r 0 \h A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . See the How Things Work box?Voter Turnout: Some Myths and Realities B?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Alleged problem: low turnout of voters in the U.S., compared to Europe SEQ NL1 \r 0 \h 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . But when turnout of registered voters is compared, the U.S. does very well 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Usual mistake is to compare the percentage of U.S. adults voting with the percentage of European registered voters voting C?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Common explanation: voter apathy on election day SEQ NL1 \r 0 \h 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . But the real problem is low registration rates

APGov - Data Check Activity (used with Wilson Chapter 8)

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DATA CHECK: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION (16 points) AP: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT & POLITICS NAME:_______________________________ Read Chapter 8 in your textbook. Answer the questions by looking at the following tables or figures in the chapter. Table 8.1 (Page 184): Two Methods of Calculating Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections, 1948?2008 1. What percentage of the voting age population (give a range) in America voted in these elections? __________________________________________________________________________ 2. What percentage of registered voters (give a range) in America voted in these elections? ___________________________________________________________________________ Table 8.2 (Page 185): Two Ways of Calculating Voting Turnout Here and Abroad

APGov - Test: Political Beliefs & Behaviors

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TEST: POLITICAL BELIEFS & BEHAVIOR AP: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT & POLITICS NAME:__________________________________ Part I: Multiple Choice (2 Points Each) Write in the letter of the best possible answer. _______1.) Which amendment states that ?the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?? Twelfth Amendment Fifteenth Amendment Seventeenth Amendment Nineteenth Amendment Twenty-Sixth Amendment _______2.) Political socialization is defined as the distribution of the population?s beliefs about politics and policy issues the process through which an individual acquires his or her particular political orientations

individual participation

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INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION The Australian ballot is no longer used in the U.S. because it does not allow a secret ballot to be cast an attempt to remove partisan politics from the ballot by not allowing the candidates to list their party a form of balloting that has been disallowed in the U.S. because it is discriminatory secret and is prepared, distributed and tabulated by the political parties secret and is prepared, distributed and tabulated by government officials The office-block ballot is a form of general election ballot in which all candidates for office are listed by their party candidates are non-partisan only one major party lists candidates for election all candidates for each elective office are grouped under the title of the office none of these
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