According to James Carville, what is the best predictor of presidential voting outcomes?
a. the gross domestic product
b. a prosperous economy
c. voters' perception of their own personal economic well-being
d. voters' perception of general economic conditions
Answer: d
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Using the relative poverty measure, which means being below one half of the national median income, more than 20 percent of the population has been in poverty over the past forty years
A. True B. False
James Madison’s Virginia Plan:
a. called for an executive branch made up of a committee elected by a unicameral Congress for a single term. b. recommended that the executive power be entrusted to a single individual, chosen by electors, who would serve for life and would exercise broad powers. c. recommended that the president should be chosen by the legislature and serve a term of four years with very limited powers. d. offered a sketchy outline of the role of the national executive, leaving open whether this would be a single person or a group.
What is the chief, and fundamental, activity of a think tank?
a. to ponder important problems for the people who hire them. b. conduct research on a range of public issues c. make the complex simpler and understandable d. employ academically minded politicians
According to the University of Texas Health Science Center air quality researcher Dr. Arch Carson, air pollution in Texas is not as severe as in California because __________.
A. most of Texas lacks the mountains that trap air pollution B. the favorable winds from the Gulf of Mexico draw polluted air out to sea C. California has chosen not to follow the Clean Air Act standards D. the Texas legislature has imposed strict cleanup requirements on oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and coal-burning power plants