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

to gain a political advantage

to ensure an equal chance for all candidates

to prove they deserve the voters’ support

to keep each voting district the same shape

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

More states offered same-day registration than states that did not.

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

More voters cast ballots in 2008 than in 2012, no matter what their state’s registration policy.

Voter turnout was much the same in states with and without same-day registration.

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

They are reapportioned based on political party affiliation.

They are reapportioned based on information in the census.

They are reapportioned to give the federal government more power.

They are reapportioned to give the states more power.

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.

Voter Turnout, 2006-2012

Presidential Winners and Losers

Presidential Election Years, 2006-2012

Number of US Voters

the Presidentthe Senatethe House of Representatives

the President

the Senate

the House of Representatives

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

pass a written test about the Constitution.

prove that they own property.

demonstrate the ability to speak proper English.

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

They must wait until the next election to vote.

They must register again to vote.

They must vote at a local polling place.

They must vote using an absentee ballot.

In the United States, at what age are citizens allowed to vote?

Why did the US Supreme Court rule against the state of Tennessee in Baker v. Carr?

Tennessee had discriminated in favor of city voters over rural voters.

Tennessee had not redistricted since 1901, keeping rural districts in power.

Tennessee had refused to create districts that were the same shape.

Tennessee had refused to take part in the national census.

Widespread gerrymandering can affect both state and national policy by

increasing the number of laws passed each year due to greater cooperation by elected officials at each level.

increasing voter turnout and making elected officials more accountable to the citizens of each state.

increasing the chances of one party enacting its platform in state legislatures and the House of Representatives.

increasing cooperation between state and national governments to pass and enforce similar laws.

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