political participation 0.0 / 5 ? Government & PoliticsUSA voter behaviourA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Gabi ChaseCreated on: 16-04-14 19:21 how many posts are elected 530,000 1 of 35 evidence of lack of coatails nixons 1972 landslide victory wasnt reflected in congress 2 of 35 evidence 2 bush won with electoral college majority of 1, yet senate split 50/50 and republicans 7 seat house advantage 3 of 35 when did turnout peak? at a high of 67% in 1960 4 of 35 of the 10 states who saw an increase in turnout, how many convenience voting? between 2004-08, only 2 [georgia, north carolina and tennessee] had convenience 5 of 35 how many saw a decrease in turnout? of the 10 states that introduced convenience voting, 9 saw a decrease in turnout 6 of 35 democrat strongholds new york, california 7 of 35 republican stronghold texas and georgia 8 of 35 swing states ohio and missouri 9 of 35 evidence of party affiliation in 12/15 elections between 1952-08, the party that managed to gain the highest level of support from its own identifiers, won 10 of 35 evidence of party affiliation even though 90% republicans voted mccain and only 80% for democrats, more democrats turned out to vote, so they won 11 of 35 how many disengaged 24% 12 of 35 disguised partisans 24% 13 of 35 deliberators 18% 14 of 35 disillusioned 18% 15 of 35 dislocated 18% 16 of 35 in how many elections have women been more supportive of the democrat candidate? in 9/10 elections between 1964-2000, women been more supportive of democrat 17 of 35 what was the gender gap in the vote for obama in 2012 10% 18 of 35 what was democrat share of the vote amongst african-americans in 2008 95% 19 of 35 which states do hispanics make up more than 25%? california, arizona, texas and new mexico 20 of 35 how many hispanic voters gave obama lead 36% lead for obama over hispanic voters 21 of 35 how many jews supported clinton 78% 22 of 35 how do those who attend weekly services vote? 42% of voters who attended religious services weekly voted 59-39% for bush 23 of 35 what about those who seldom attended? 42% of them they voted 56-39% for al gore 24 of 35 how many evangelical protestants voted romney in 2012 8/10 white evangelics voted romney and only 20% backed obama 25 of 35 how many mormons voted romney 78% 26 of 35 how many young voters for obama in 2008 66% 27 of 35 how many young voters for obama in 2012 60% 28 of 35 how many 65+ voted romney 56%, only 44% for obama 29 of 35 how many earning less than $35,000 voted obama 63% and only 30% for romney 30 of 35 what about those earning $250,000 or more 55% for romney, 42% obama 31 of 35 how many northeast states did democrats win in 2008 every single one 32 of 35 what % of northeast voted obama in 2012 59% 33 of 35 what % of south voted republican 54% and only 44% voted democrat 34 of 35 what was central to george h.w bush defeat broke 1988 'no new taxes'pledge 35 of 35
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