Before the ratification of the Constitution, the United States was organized as a(n) __________

People with more __________ and higher __________ are more likely to vote and participate in politics

a. rural lifestyles; skepticism b. education; church attendance c. personal debt; IQs d. education; incomes

One view of voter turnout attributes the decline in turnout after 1896 to the fact that elections became

A) less competitive. B) less conservative. C) more competitive. D) more Democratic. E) more factionalized.