POLS 207 LIM EXAM 3 QUESTIONS
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"Going negative" - correct answer- Turning a
candidate strength into a weakness ("Swift boating")
Identify opponent with famous national figure (Chef
Edwards compared with Pres Obama)
All candidates claim to dislike negative campaigning, but
has become dominant style in close elections
% of Voting-Age Population Voting in National Elections
1972-2006 - correct answer- Less than 1/3
showed up to vote in 2006 off-year election
Texas voter turnout is lower than the US average
15th Amendement - correct answer- Gave
freed slaves the right to vote, superfluous because as
citizens (14th) they already had the right to vote
,African-American % in Population and on Council -
correct answer- -Lots of 0's
-r=.764 (strong positive)
-Places which have gone away form at-large elections
have a higher chance of having minorities on council (its
an issue of campaign funding in al likelihood)
Alienation - correct answer- Why should I vote?
It will not help.
Decline in sense of community results in alienation
Public policy is written for those who vote
Anti-Federalist - correct answer- Small farmers,
saw strong central government as threat (rural)
Are African Americans with college eduation more likely
to vote than white people with college education? -
correct answer- Yes
Are parties becoming less important? - correct
answer- Parties are clearly weaker today than they
,were in the late 19th and early 20th C, but most
Americans still call themselves Democrats or Republicans
Attend Public and Meetings 3-20% - correct
answer- Very high because of affordable care act
Blanket primary - correct answer- Louisiana
All candidates from both parties run in one primary
together
If one candidate receives 50% of the vote they win, if not
then the top two vote getters face off in general election
City Services - correct answer- 1. Police
2. Fire
3. Streets
4. Sewage
Civil Rights Act 1964 - correct answer-
Redundant again but we had to pass it because people are
garbage. *not a Lim quote
, Lim quote: the reason we have it is because we did not
treat our citizens equally.
Kennedy was in Dallas to gather support from texas
democrats to pass his civil rights act but he was
assassinated. Lyndon B followed up on it and got a civil
rights act to pass
Civil War - correct answer- Ended state and
local party competition
Only Democrat's could win in the South
Only Republican's could win in the North, Republicans
controlled presidency because of North's greater
population
Closed Primary - correct answer- Must register
as Democrat, Republican, or Independent before primary
Only Democrats can vote in Democrat primary, only
Republican can vote in Republican primary, Independents
cannot vote in either party primary
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS; GET IT
100% ACCURATE
"Going negative" - correct answer- Turning a
candidate strength into a weakness ("Swift boating")
Identify opponent with famous national figure (Chef
Edwards compared with Pres Obama)
All candidates claim to dislike negative campaigning, but
has become dominant style in close elections
% of Voting-Age Population Voting in National Elections
1972-2006 - correct answer- Less than 1/3
showed up to vote in 2006 off-year election
Texas voter turnout is lower than the US average
15th Amendement - correct answer- Gave
freed slaves the right to vote, superfluous because as
citizens (14th) they already had the right to vote
,African-American % in Population and on Council -
correct answer- -Lots of 0's
-r=.764 (strong positive)
-Places which have gone away form at-large elections
have a higher chance of having minorities on council (its
an issue of campaign funding in al likelihood)
Alienation - correct answer- Why should I vote?
It will not help.
Decline in sense of community results in alienation
Public policy is written for those who vote
Anti-Federalist - correct answer- Small farmers,
saw strong central government as threat (rural)
Are African Americans with college eduation more likely
to vote than white people with college education? -
correct answer- Yes
Are parties becoming less important? - correct
answer- Parties are clearly weaker today than they
,were in the late 19th and early 20th C, but most
Americans still call themselves Democrats or Republicans
Attend Public and Meetings 3-20% - correct
answer- Very high because of affordable care act
Blanket primary - correct answer- Louisiana
All candidates from both parties run in one primary
together
If one candidate receives 50% of the vote they win, if not
then the top two vote getters face off in general election
City Services - correct answer- 1. Police
2. Fire
3. Streets
4. Sewage
Civil Rights Act 1964 - correct answer-
Redundant again but we had to pass it because people are
garbage. *not a Lim quote
, Lim quote: the reason we have it is because we did not
treat our citizens equally.
Kennedy was in Dallas to gather support from texas
democrats to pass his civil rights act but he was
assassinated. Lyndon B followed up on it and got a civil
rights act to pass
Civil War - correct answer- Ended state and
local party competition
Only Democrat's could win in the South
Only Republican's could win in the North, Republicans
controlled presidency because of North's greater
population
Closed Primary - correct answer- Must register
as Democrat, Republican, or Independent before primary
Only Democrats can vote in Democrat primary, only
Republican can vote in Republican primary, Independents
cannot vote in either party primary
