AP Gov quiz: Voting behavior and candidate characteristics

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🗳️ Voter Turnout: Influenced by age, education, income, and civic engagement. Older, more educated, wealthier individuals tend to vote more.
• 📰 Media Influence: Media can shape public opinion through agenda setting, framing, and reporting.
• 🤝 Political Parties: Provide cues to voters, simplifying choices. Party identification is a strong predictor of voting behavior.
• 🗣️ Candidate Characteristics: Voters consider a candidate's experience, leadership qualities, and perceived integrity.
• 📊 Rational Choice Voting: Voting based on what is perceived to be in the citizen's individual interest.
• 🏛️ Retrospective Voting: Voting to decide whether the party or candidate in power should be re-elected based on the recent past.
• 🧭 Prospective Voting: Voting based on predictions of how a party or candidate will perform in the future.
• 🙋 Party-Line Voting: Supporting a party by voting for candidates from one political party for all public offices across the ballot.

✏️ Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following demographic groups is MOST likely to vote?
   1. Young adults
   2. Individuals with lower levels of education
   3. Individuals with higher incomes
   4. Unemployed individuals
2. What is 'framing' in the context of media influence?
   1. The media's decision to cover certain stories and ignore others
   2. The way the media presents a story, influencing public perception
   3. The use of social media by political candidates
   4. The regulation of media content by the government
3. Which of the following is a key function of political parties in elections?
   1. Providing financial support to all candidates
   2. Providing cues to voters, simplifying their choices
   3. Ensuring that all citizens vote
   4. Controlling media coverage of elections
4. Which of the following candidate characteristics is LEAST likely to influence voters?
   1. Experience in public office
   2. Leadership qualities
   3. Perceived integrity
   4. The candidate's favorite color
5. What is rational choice voting?
   1. Voting based on emotional appeals
   2. Voting based on what is perceived to be in the citizen's individual interest
   3. Voting randomly
   4. Voting based on tradition
6. Retrospective voting is based on:
   1. Predictions of future performance
   2. Evaluation of past performance
   3. Candidate's promises
   4. Party platforms
7. Party-line voting refers to:
   1. Voting against all candidates from a specific party
   2. Voting only in primary elections
   3. Voting for candidates from one party for all offices
   4. Splitting the ticket between parties