AP U.S. Government topic quiz4 questions

5.1 Voting Rights

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Question 1

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A panel randomly assigns some voters to read a nonpartisan audit showing that a governor's disaster program missed its published response targets. Party identification and expectations about the governor's future policies remain stable, but reelection support falls in the audit group relative to the control group. Which interpretation best fits?

The new information concerns completed government performance, and random assignment links exposure to the later support change. Stable party identification and future-policy expectations make party-cue and prospective explanations less consistent with the result. The study does not measure candidate viability or a newly calculated personal economic benefit.
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D. Retrospective voting, because support changed after evidence about completed performance

The new information concerns completed government performance, and random assignment links exposure to the later support change. Stable party identification and future-policy expectations make party-cue and prospective explanations less consistent with the result. The study does not measure candidate viability or a newly calculated personal economic benefit.

Question 2

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Voter A opposes the incumbent because the voter's household finances worsened during the past year. Voter B supports a challenger because the voter expects the national economy to improve under the challenger's future policies. Which pair correctly classifies the judgments?

Voter A looks backward at personal finances, making the judgment retrospective and pocketbook-based. Voter B looks forward to national conditions, making the judgment prospective and sociotropic.
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A. A is retrospective pocketbook; B is prospective sociotropic

Voter A looks backward at personal finances, making the judgment retrospective and pocketbook-based. Voter B looks forward to national conditions, making the judgment prospective and sociotropic.

Question 3

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A citizen completed a federal felony sentence while living in State X, which restored her voting rights. She later moves to State Y, whose law requires an additional restoration step and applies that rule to federal and out-of-state convictions. She wants to vote in a congressional election in State Y. Which inquiry governs?

State law generally determines conviction-based eligibility for state and federal contests held in that state, subject to federal limits. A federal conviction has no single nationwide voting consequence, so State Y's treatment of that conviction and the citizen's restoration status must be examined.
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B. Apply State Y's eligibility law, subject to federal limits, and verify its restoration requirements

State law generally determines conviction-based eligibility for state and federal contests held in that state, subject to federal limits. A federal conviction has no single nationwide voting consequence, so State Y's treatment of that conviction and the citizen's restoration status must be examined.

Question 4

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A state proposes to return permanently to legislative selection of its United States senators. Which constitutional change would the proposal most directly contradict?

The Seventeenth Amendment changed the selector of United States senators from state legislatures to statewide voters. It preserved equal state representation, six-year terms, and the Senate's other constitutional functions.
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C. The Seventeenth Amendment's transfer of Senate selection to statewide voters

The Seventeenth Amendment changed the selector of United States senators from state legislatures to statewide voters. It preserved equal state representation, six-year terms, and the Senate's other constitutional functions.

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