The increased success of blacks in mayoral elections has led some observers to talk of deracialization, or the deemphasis of race as a campaign issue to attract white voters
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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What is the term for those support units (such as personnel or budgeting) that promote the functioning of an agency?
a. control activities b. line activities c. operating activities d. staff activities
What is a major criticism of the winner-take-all electoral system?
a. It emphasizes political parties at the expense of individual candidates. b. It limits voter choice and makes it impossible for minor parties to compete in elections. c. It causes a pronounced tendency toward party decentralization. d. It makes forming a national consensus more difficult. e. It encourages the emergence of single-issue splinter parties.
“Yellow journalism” was a term first used at the end of the 19th century that referred to
a. reliance by journalists on services to provide most of their stories, so-called because the journalists were afraid to personally go to the location in which the story was developing. b. all of the penny press papers, so-called because the paper was so cheap it yellowed within a matter of days. c. the use of outrageous and inflammatory headlines as well as sensational stories to attract readers to newspapers, so-called because of the color of ink used in the New York World’s comic strips. d. those papers published south of the Mason–Dixon line, so-called because the editors had surrendered to General Grant at the first sight of Union troops.
A researcher examining partisan differences on gun control opinions while holding gender constant is conducting a _______________________.
a. Field Experiment b. Laboratory Experiment c. Controlled Comparison d. Random Comparison