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NAME CLASS DATE Section 4: Guided Reading and Review Voter Behavior CHAPTER 6 A. As You Read As you read the section, fill in the answers to the questions below. Possible answers below 1. What type of election years have the highest voter turnout? presidential ______________________________ election years 2. What is “ballot fatigue”? Voters __________________________________________________________ lose their patience and/or knowledge as they work their way down a ballot. 3. What is the largest group of “cannot-voters”? resident ________________________________________ aliens 4. Why do some nonvoters deliberately choose to not vote? They ________________________________ think that their votes will not have an ______________________________________________________ effect on government. The news media predicts election winners when the polls in the East and Midwest 5. What is “time-zone fallout”? close, ______________________________________________________ resulting in lower voter turnout in the West where the polls are still open. 6. What is the chief reason that most nonvoters do not vote? lack ______________________________ of interest ______________________________________________________ 7. How do each of these factors affect the likelihood of whether people do or do not vote? a. level of income: People ________________________________________________________________ with higher incomes are more likely to vote than people with lower incomes. b. occupation: People ____________________________________________________________________ with higher status occupations are more likely to vote. c. education: Better-educated ____________________________________________________________________________________________ people are more likely to vote than those with less education. d. age: People __________________________________________________________________________ under 35 are less likely to vote than older people. e. gender: Women ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ are more likely to vote than men. People with a strong party identification are more likely to vote than people with a weak f. party identification: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ party identification. Fill in the characteristics in the chart below to compare some factors that influence whether people are more likely to vote Democrat or Republican. Democrat Income/Occupation 8. lower status, lower income 9. Republican higher status, higher income © Pearson Education, Inc. Education 10. less educated 11. more educated Gender/Age 12. women/younger 13. men/older Religion 14. Catholics, Jews 15. Protestants Ethnicity 16. African American, other nonwhites, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans 17. Whites, Cuban Latinos Geography 18. many southern states and big cities 19. Maine, Vermont, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota; suburbs B. Reviewing Key Terms Answers can be found on the following On a separate sheet of paper, define the following terms. Student Edition pages: 20. off-year election 23. gender gap 26. split-ticket voting p. 164 p. 169 p. 171 21. political efficacy 24. party identification 27. independents p. 166 p. 171 p. 171 22. political socialization 25. straight-ticket voting p. 168 p. 171 Guided Reading and Review Chapter 6 39
NAME CLASS DATE CHAPTER 7 Section 1: Guided Reading and Review The Nominating Process A. As You Read Complete the chart below as you read Section 1. For each nominating method, write when it came into use and the procedure for nominating candidates. Nominating Method Self-Announcement 1. How it Works candidate (or a friend) announces intention to run for office Caucus 2. like-minded influential people (later, Congress members of the same party) gather to decide whom they will support in an election Convention 3. elected delegates select their party’s nominees Direct Primary 4. party members vote for candidates for their party Closed Primary 5. only declared party members vote for candidates for their party Open Primary 6. qualified voters, independent or of either party, vote for a party’s candidates Petition 7. eligible voters sign petitions in support of a particular candidate Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. 8. Why is the nominating process particularly important in a two-party system? 9. What are some popular criticisms of the primary process? B. Reviewing Key Terms It narrows voters’ choices Lack of anonymity, “bedsheet” ballots, expense, restriction to one party Read the statements below. If a statement is true, write T in the blank provided. If it is false, write F. Then rewrite the statement on a separate sheet of paper to make it true. _____ T 10. Nomination means the naming of candidates who will seek office. _____ F 11. During the early national period, major-party presidential candidates were nominated by State legislatures. _____ F 12. In a blanket primary, voters can nominate a Democratic and a Republican candidate for each office. _____ F 13. In States that require nominees to win a plurality of the popular vote, runoff primaries are sometimes needed. _____ T 14. In a nonpartisan election, candidates are not identified by party. © Pearson Education, Inc. 40 Chapter 7 Guided Reading and Review
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