Politics of the United States Questions

Do wealthier Americans and poorer Americans tend to vote at approximately the same rate, or does one economic group tend to vote at a significantly higher rate than the other?

In Georgia, are elections administered by a single centralized agency, or are they administered by each county in the state?

Are election laws mostly the same from state to state or do they tend to vary markedly across states? Why?

According to the textbook, on what basis have over five million American citizens over 18 been disenfranchised?

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "A riot is the language of the unheard." According to the textbook, did King mean by this that a riot indicates the democratic political system is operating well? Or did he mean it's a sign that the system is operating poorly?

How does Georgia compare to other states in the extent to which it provides voters with convenience voting options (below average, average, or above average)?

Currently, Americans with lower levels of political knowledge tend to vote at lower rates than Americans with higher levels of political knowledge. According to Jason Brennan, is this lower rate of turnout by Americans with lower knowledge a problem to be solved or is it something desirable that should be encouraged? Why

At the same time, have Hispanic (Latino / Latina) citizens tended to vote at higher, lower, or approximately the same rate as African Americans?

What, according to your textbook, does Article X of the Georgia Constitution require for an amendment to the Georgia Constitution to be ratified?

To which level of government (local, state, national) does the U.S. Constitution give primary responsibility for regulating and administering elections for federal office?

Why did the founding fathers make it difficult to change the Constitution????????????????

What are the first ten amendments collectively known as?

List three powers that the state government had under the Constitution.

List four powers shared by both the federal and state governments under the Constitution.

How many states were needed to ratify something under the Articles of Confederation?

What kind of compromises did the founding fathers fear when they wrote the Constitution?

How many states were needed to change the Articles of Confederation government?

Who wrote the Massachusetts State Constitution in 1780?

John Locke believed that government is based on a contract between people and the ruler.

Two English documents that served as models for the Constitution werethe Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights