Textbook Assignment 5

1. Name two reasons why voter turnout is so low in the U.S.
2. Name the most important factor that influences who people vote for.
3. Name three other factors that influence who people vote for.
4. What is a dealignment?
5. What is retrospective voting?
6. What is a vote of confidence?
7. What is a bicameral legislature?
8. What are pork barrel projects?
9. What is casework?
10. Name two reasons why legislature have declined in power in recent years?