The chairs of important congressional committees receive more news coverage than do typical members of Congress

How does the U.S. system of voter registration work? Explain how voter registration increases the costs of voting and affects voter turnout

What would happen if other states adopted Election Day voter registration procedures? What would happen if the United States adopted the voter registration procedures used in most other democracies? What other elements of elections in other democracies could the United States adopt to increase voter turnout? The United States attempted to boost turnout by adopting the Motor Voter law. What does the law do and how has it affected the costs of registering to vote? How has this law affected voter turnout? Why do you think Motor Voter has had this effect? What will be an ideal response?

The Federalist Papers posit that the best use of factions in a representative democracy is to a. turn them toward issues in the private sector. b. eliminate them before they cause conflict

c. turn them toward more productive purposes. d. move them away from issues at the state level.