On Election Day, a voter who votes for the Republican candidate for president but casts a ballot for the Democrat candidate for Congress is engaging in
a. retrospective voting.
b. straight-ticket voting.
c. split-ticket voting.
d. the coattail effect.
e. bipolar voting.
c
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The writings of Machiavelli and Hobbes offered a justification for authoritarianism based on what two rationales?
a. the power of the people and the justice of the ruler b. the security of the people and the power of the ruler c. the state of nature and human nature d. the religious salvation and happiness of the people e. All of the above
A __________ is an organization that pools individual contributions and then contributes those monies directly to a candidate's campaign
A)political action committee B)super PAC C)super delegate D) soft-money group
Janice is voting in a primary but does not announce an affiliation with either party. She is given ballots with each party's list of candidates; she chooses which ballot to use and is restricted to voting for only one party's nominees. In which type of primary is Janice participating?
a. Transparent b. Open c. Closed d. Blanket
The eyeball test of significance allows us to reject the null hypothesis if the sample difference is _______________.
a. Within one standard error of zero b. Between one and two standard errors of zero c. Exactly one standard error from zero d. Two or more standard errors from zero