Explain the various factors that have impacted voter turnout in recent U.S. elections.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Individual-level factors matter, but more substantial to voter turnout are political-institutional level factors that hinder individuals’ ability to vote –the result is lower voter turnout.
2. Some states pass laws that make registering to vote and voting on election day more difficult (e.g., ID laws).
3. Election day not being a national holiday or on a weekend when more people would be available/able to take the time to vote.
4. Requiring voter registration be separate from citizenship documents (not the case in other democratic nations across the globe).
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A. personal B. spiritual C. empirical D. ideological E. intuitive
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. sinful. b. a burden to be avoided. c. an unpleasant requirement for survival. d. having inherent dignity and value.