If elections are to be a means of popular control over public policy, voters must be reasonably well informed about policy issues and must hold opinions about them. (Thomas R. Dye and Harmon Ziegler, The Irony of Democracy: An Uncommon Introduction to American Politics, 8th ed.)This statement exemplifies a(n) ________.
A. unsupported assertion
B. conditional statement
C. explanation
D. argument
E. report
Answer: B
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An individual with great strength is an equal with the employer in the negotiation process
a. True b. False
“Immigration must be stopped. If we have a relaxed immigration policy, everyone is going to move to the U.S. The more people that come here, the more our government will have to provide for them. The more our government doles out, the further in debt our nation will become, and this means the higher our taxes will become! The next thing we will find is that our economy will be in just as poor a condition as the one from which these immigrants came!” This is an example of which of the following fallacies:
All of the wisdom literature produced in ancient Israel can be found in the Old Testament
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The standard form of the ordinary argument "Wombats are marsupials" is "All wombats are marsupials."
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)