Some political scientists believe that the American party system is in a period of dealignment, in which the two major parties are losing power
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
TRUE
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How does partisanship influence the general election?
a. Partisanship depresses independent voter turnout. b. Partisanship increases total voter turnout. c. Partisanship increases contention with third parties. d. Partisanship is highly stable in determining political behavior. e. Partisanship is highly subjective in determining political behavior.
Which APA goal was covered in this chapter?
a. 2 b. 3 c. A and B d. none of the above
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. It’s possible to avoid the potential for group intransitivity that arises in majority rule round-robin tournaments by imposing an agenda. 2. The chaos theorem shows that it is, at the very least, difficult to interpret the outcome of any group decision-making process as necessarily reflecting the will of the group. 3. Most people associate democracy with majority rule. 4. It should be clear by now that the most basic implication of Arrow’s theorem is this: there’s no perfect set of decision-making institutions.
A political scientist would predict that the citizens of a country
with a high level of poverty, whose ruler is a religious figure: a. spend considerable amounts of time organizing and demonstrating against religious authority. b. have strong secular and survival values. c. have strong traditional and survival values. d. are tolerant of people with different lifestyles and religious beliefs.