Which of the following statements concerning the "Daisy Girl" ad from the 1964 presidential campaign is true?
A) The ad ran nightly for a month before being retired by the campaign.
B) The ad attempted to portray Lyndon Johnson as a candidate who would lead the United States to nuclear war.
C) The ad negatively backfired and caused a brief surge of support for Barry Goldwater.
D) The ad is an example of classic negative campaign advertising.
E) The ad outraged World War II veterans who thought it played upon emotions related to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
D
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Calculations based on the voting-age population usually rely on census data because census data is a. an accurate estimate of the number of people in a population
b. a reliable measure of the population ineligible to vote. c. a clear computation of the number who have voted in the past. d. a solid gauge of the portion of the population born in this country.
A country under totalitarian rule would experience which two of these situations?
What will be an ideal response?
In merit systems, appointed judges rarely lose retention elections because
A. they occur so rarely that voters typically aren't aware they are happening. B. the appointed judge does not run against an opponent. C. the appointed judge only needs 33 percent of the vote to stay in office. D. interest groups are prohibited from campaigning against them.
What was the Supreme Court's decision regarding ending state funding of Medicaid for states that refused to expand it under the Affordable Care Act? a. The Court supported the provision as it was written
b. The Court supported the provision with a slight revision that gave the states more options. c. The Court ruled this provision unconstitutional. d. The Court waited to rule on this provision until the act had been fully implemented.