Voting

Question 1

Which best describes what happens to voting districts every ten years?

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They are reapportioned based on information in the census.

Question 2

Which best describes voting districts that have been gerrymandered?

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districts that are oddly shaped

Question 3

What happens when voters are out of state on Election Day?

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They must vote using an absentee ballot.

Question 4

States with same-day registration: 2008, 71 percent; 2012, 71 percent. States without same-day registration: 2008, 62 percent; 2012, 59 percent.

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States with same-day registration had a higher voter turnout than states without same-day registration.

Question 5

Why do political parties most often try to gerrymander voting districts?

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to gain a political advantage

Question 6

Look at the bar graph, which shows voter turnout in 2016 and 2020.

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Citizens with higher incomes are more likely to vote.

Question 7

A bar chart shows election years on the x axis and percentage of voters on the y axis. 2006, 40; 2008, 61; 2010, 40; 2012, 59.

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Voter Turnout, 2006-2012

Question 8

Question 8

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Most young voters favor Democratic candidates.

Question 9

Before people can take part in an election in the United States, they must

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register with their states to vote.

Question 10

Look at the information in this bar graph.

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Voter turnout in national election years is irregular from 2006 to 2020.

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