Which one of the following is a realistic description of the qualifications for office and length of terms for the Texas Legislature?
a. a twenty-year-old candidate for the Texas House of Representatives
b. a fifty-year-old candidate for the Texas Senate who moved to Texas three years prior to the election
c. a forty-five-year-old candidate for the Texas Senate who wants to be elected to a six-year term
d. a Texas resident for twenty-five years who seeks election to the Texas House of Representatives
d. a Texas resident for twenty-five years who seeks election to the Texas House of Representatives
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Evidence shows that
A) poll responses often reflect beliefs that are not strongly held. B) poll responses reflect only strongly held beliefs. C) public opinion is strongly ideological. D) Americans are highly informed on politics. E) Americans are not supportive of their government.
Nonviolent approaches were successfully spread in the U.S. during the 1960s by civil rights leader __________
A) Karl Marx B) Martin Luther King C) Malcolm X D) Stokely Carmichael
In what instance will the House of Representatives decide the winner of a presidential election?
a. When the candidate with the most electoral votes fails to win the popular vote b. When no candidate wins a majority of the popular vote c. When a candidate wins the electoral vote but doesn't win a majority of the states d. When no candidate wins the majority of the votes in the Electoral College e. When a disputed election causes uncertainty over the actual electoral vote totals
A student found that her survey respondents did not reflect the population of the city she was studying. She used existing population characteristics including race and age to adjust her results. This is called
a. Oversampling b. Stratified sampling c. Post-stratification weighting d. Disproportionate sampling