On Election Day, Ms. Lopez votes for the Republican candidate for president but casts her ballot for the Democratic candidate for Congress. Ms. Lopez's action is an example of which of the following?
a. retrospective voting
b. straight-ticket voting
c. split-ticket voting
d. the coattail effect
e. bipolar voting
c
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What does dominant strategy mean?
a. Choosing this strategy produces the best result for the player compared to other strategies if the other player also plays his dominant strategy. b. Choosing this strategy produces the best result for the player compared to other strategies regardless of which choice the other player makes. c. Choosing this strategy produces the best result for both players. d. This is the strategy that most people choose in reality.
What does the example of exaggerated claims about Saddam Hussein's WMD and ties to al Qaeda illustrate?
a. Actors with the greatest power resources are better able to push a narrative, regardless of factual basis. b. Control of the flow of information brings more power than control of hard resources like military might. c. Power does not necessarily flow to those who can withhold information. d. A narrative cannot be successfully pushed on an audience without the full saturation afforded by control of media outlets. e. Advocacy groups and amateur media outlets are now as powerful in controlling the narrative as major professional media organizations.
If a judge rules a certain way on a case because prior cases of similar nature were subject to the same rule, that judge could be said to be relying on which of the following?
A. Precedent B. Judicial review C. Strict construction D. Broad construction E. Judicial activism
During the uncertain political environment of the 1770s, support for American independence was ______.
a. favorable and strong b. unanimous and assertive c. weak and openly split d. contentious yet hopeful