Which theory asserts that, in a two-party race, if voters select candidates on the basis of ideology and everyone participates equally, the party closer to the middle will win?
a. Party organization
b. Median voter
c. Single-member plurality
d. Winner-take-all
Answer: b. Median voter
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Latino public opinion tends to
A. look very similar on jobs, education, and foreign policy to other Americans. B. look very similar on immigration reform to other Americans. C. diverge from the rest of the United States the longer the Latino has lived in the US. D. lack a generational gap. E. The studies on Latino public opinion are too recent to tell.
Recent research suggests that wealthier countries are ______.
A. more likely to become democracies B. more likely to maintain democracies once established C. less likely to maintain democracies D. more in need of democratization
In reaction to the AIDS crisis, the gay community became very active in what efforts to spread awareness?
A. stem cell research B. sex education in schools C. public health and safe-sex campaigns D. public health and abortion rights
Which of the following is true of the cultural identity context associated with late state formation?
A. All newly formed states established their borders through a long process of competition with their neighbors. B. Late-forming state institutions have strong legitimacy as they weakened the nationalistic forms of political identity. C. Late-forming states engaged in weakening or destroying diverse local political identities. D. In all cases of late state formation, rulers deliberately created and bolstered the legitimacy of a common national political identity. E. Many late-forming states lacked the time and resources to construct a coherent and legitimate national political identity