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After reading and reviewing the material in this chapter, you should be able to do each of the following:  \n1. Explain why the text believes that the description, the analysis, and the proposed remedy for low voter turnout rates in this country are off base.  \n2. Compare the way turnout statistics are tabulated for this country and for other countries, and explain the significance of these differences.  \n3. Describe how the control of elections has shifted from the states to the federal government, and explain what effects this shift has had on blacks, women, and youths.  \n4. State both sides of the debate over whether voter turnout has declined over the past century, and describe those factors that tend to hold down voter turnout in this country.  \n5. List and explain Nie and Verba’s four categories of political participation.  \n6. Discuss those factors that appear to be associated with high or low political participation.  \n7. Compare participation rates in various forms of political activity here and in other countries.  \nSTUDY OUTLINE  \nI. Introduction  \nA. 80 percent voter turnout in European countries  \nB. Low turnout in America blamed on apathy  \nC. Calls for action by government or private groups to mobilize voters  \nII. A closer look at nonvoting  \nA. Alleged problem: low turnout compared with Europeans, but this compares registered voters with the eligible adult population  \nB. Common explanation: voter apathy on Election Day, but the real problem is low registration rates  \nC. Proposed solution: get-out-the-vote drives  \n1. 2004 study found little impact in relation to such efforts  \n2. If anything, get-out-the-vote appeals may mobilize those who usually vote in low turnout elections  \nD. Apathy not the only cause of nonregistration  \n1. Costs here versus no costs in European countries where registration is automatic  \n2. Motor-voter law of 1993 (which took effect in 1995)  \na) 630,000 new voters in two months  \nb) Accounted for almost 40 percent of applications in 2001–2002  \nc) Scant evidence of impact on turnout or election outcomes  \nE. Voting is not the only way of participating  \nIII. The rise of the American electorate  \nA. From state to federal control  \n1. Initially, states decided nearly everything  \n2. This led to wide variation in federal elections  \n3. Congress has since reduced state prerogatives  \na) 1842 law: House members elected by district  \nb) Suffrage to women  \nc) Suffrage to blacks  \nd) Suffrage to eighteen-to twenty-year-olds  \ne) Direct popular election of U.S. senators  \n4. Black voting rights  \na) Fifteenth Amendment gutted by Supreme Court as not conferring a right to vote  \nb) Southern states then use evasive strategies  \n(1) Literacy test  \n(2) Poll tax  \n(3) White primaries  \n(4) Grandfather clauses  \n(5) Intimidation of black voters  \nc) Most of these strategies ruled out by Supreme Court  \nd) Major change with 1965 Voting Rights Act; black vote increases  \n5. Women’s voting rights  \na) Western states permit women to vote  \nb) Nineteenth Amendment ratified 1920  \nc) No dramatic changes in outcomes  \n6. Youth vote  \na) Voting Rights Act of 1970  \nb) Twenty-sixth Amendment ratified 1971  \nc) Lower turnout rate initially and no evident party loyalty  \nd) Turnout remains lower than that ofother age groups although rates of political participation generally are at an all time high  \n7. National standards now govern most aspects  \nB. Voting turnout  \n1. Debate over declining percentages: two theories  \na) The percentages are real and the result of a decline in popular interest in elections and competitiveness of the two parties  \n(1) Parties originally worke","cbCaicLFBoU6W9Kb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicLFBoU6W9Kb","pdf",116472,18,"English","# Reviewing the Chapter\n## Chapter Focus\n## Study Outline\n# Introduction\n## 80 percent voter turnout in European countries\n## Low turnout in America blamed on apathy\n## Calls for action to mobilize voters\n# A closer look at nonvoting\n## Nonvoting comparison with Europeans and eligibility\n## Voter apathy explanation and the role of registration\n## Proposed solution: get-out-the-vote drives\n## Apathy not the only cause of nonregistration\n## Voting is not the only way of participating\n# The rise of the American electorate\n## From state to federal control\n## Voting turnout: debate over declining percentages\n# Who participates in politics?\n## Forms of participation\n## Causes of participation","[{\"question\":\"Why does the chapter argue that low voter turnout is not mainly due to individual Americans’ apathy?\",\"answer\":\"It contends that explanations based only on voter apathy are off base and that other factors, especially low voter registration rates and structural differences, better account for nonparticipation.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the chapter compare voting turnout in the United States with that in European countries?\",\"answer\":\"It notes that some comparisons mislead by contrasting registered voters in the U.S. with the eligible adult population in Europe, and it explains that registration systems and costs differ substantially.\"},{\"question\":\"What factors does the chapter discuss as influencing who participates in politics?\",\"answer\":\"It distinguishes participation forms and participant types, then highlights education and political information, church attendance, trust in government (as shown by studies), registration difficulty, and additional small factors such as party effectiveness and barriers faced by minorities.\"}]","CHAPTER 8 - Political Participation - Reviewing the Chapter - Chapter Focus - Study Outline | PDF",1790053286,45]