Which of the following issue was dealt with in the California Civil Rights Initiative?
A. affirmative action and racial preferences
B. abortion and physician-assisted suicide
C. prohibiting same-sex marriages
D. eminent domain
ANSWER: A
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Page and Shapiro also investigated the link between public opinion and public policy. What was their finding?
a. The public expects its elected representatives to seek its opinion before developing public policy. b. There is very little correlation between public opinion and public policy. c. When public opinion shifts, a corresponding shift in public policy is likely to follow. d. Since public opinion is impossible to determine accurately, public opinion cannot be impacted. e. Divisive partisan politics have the impact of creating impasse, whereby public opinion becomes irrelevant to enactment of public policy.
John found that freshman girls at a local high school were more likely than freshman boys to get detention. In his article, he concludes that overall high school girls are more likely than boys to get in trouble. This is an example of ______.
A. contextual effect B. ecological fallacy C. reductionist fallacy D. spuriousness
The president vetoes a bill. The Senate votes to override by a margin of 70 to 30. In the House, the vote is 260 to 175 in favor of an override. What becomes of the legislation?
a. It becomes law. b. It goes to a conference committee to be rewritten. c. It goes to the Supreme Court for legal advisement. d. It is dead. e. It goes to the voters in the next general election.