When elections are competitive, or close, voter turnout
a. tends to increase.
b. is not affected in any significant way.
c. tends to decrease.
d. tends to decrease significantly
e. is not affected in any clear way.
Ans: a. tends to increase.
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a. is bound by the letter of the law. b. will likely have to make a creative judgment. c. must consider the original intent of the framers of the Constitution. d. is not properly carrying out the judicial function.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is an index that measures:
a. health, knowledge, and standard of living. b. economic growth, economic equality, and standard of living. c. literacy, safety, and political rights. d. life expectancy, safety, and democratic rights.
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a. the political party that is in coalition with the Conservative Party in Britain's current government. b. an attempt by the Labour Party to rebrand itself as a "third-way" alternative to the collectivism of traditional Labour Party politics and Thatcherism. c. the Labour Party under the leadership of Gordon Brown. d. the Labour Party under the leadership of David Miliband. e. a new party, which formed following a split that developed within the Labour Party due to the leadership's support for the war in Iraq.
The relationship between sample size and sampling error is the larger the sample, the smaller the sampling error will be.
a. true b. false