All of the following conclusions concerning the effects of descriptive representation are true EXCEPT ______.
a. the poor suffer in the distribution of goods and services because they are badly underrepresented
b. African Americans and women have gained symbolically from greater representation in Congress
c. African Americans and women have clearly gained substantively from greater representation in Congress
d. the primary effect of descriptive representation appears to be to bring neglected perspectives to the legislative process
e. partisan identification is often more important than race or gender in determining the policy positions a representative will support
c. African Americans and women have clearly gained substantively from greater representation in Congress
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a. workers in Germany are paid higher wages than workers in the United States b. the Germany government has tighter control over the pace of economic growth c. Germany has more worker protection policies in place than in the United States d. there are more worker protection policies in place in the United States than in Germany
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a. to win a two-thirds majority of votes b. to win more votes than anyone else c. more than half of the votes d. to win with enough votes to ensure victory in the subsequent run-off election