If a media outlet pays more attention to candidate who poll well during the fall and the first few primaries of the season, which of the following is occurring?
A. rally round the flag effect
B. bandwagon effect
C. appeasement effect
D. incorrect polling
B. bandwagon effect
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What is true about a poll with a low margin of error?
a. It gives people the most accurate picture of what people actually think or will do. b. It cannot be relied upon to predict what errors will be made in polling. c. It gives people the least accurate picture of what people actually think or will do. d. It predicts what errors will be made in polling.
An important difference between the House and the Senate is the role of the ______ in the House legislative process, which has no equally powerful counterpart in the Senate.
a. Congressional Budget Office b. House Rules Committee c. General Accounting Office d. House Majority Leader
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The socio-economic causes of crime focus on the background causes of crime such as income inequality. B. White citizens are arrested in higher proportions than other citizens. C. There is a culture of increasing violence among young males. D. Guns make most crimes easier and more violent.
What is the central problem of government in, for example, letting investors build a fast-food restaurant and the neighborhood group that fears an increase in traffic and trash?
a. making everyone happy b. how to tax the investors c. balancing competing desires d. encouraging business and jobs