Candidate A with only 38 percent of the vote wins the election even though most voters cast their ballots for one of the other candidates. Which of the following terms describes this sort of election?

What will be an ideal response?


Plurality voting

Political Science

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If the government’s offer is rejected by hard-liners, then __________________.

a. The government will have to offer a more generous deal. b. The government will repress all the terrorists. c. The moderates will reject the deal too. d. The moderates can still uphold their part of the deal.

Political Science

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has one presiding judge and _________ other judges

A) five B) six C) seven D) eight

Political Science

How do the realist, liberal, and identity perspectives understand the causes of Latin America’s lost decade?

What will be an ideal response?

Political Science

In a study with organismic independent variables,

A) causal conclusions are very strong. B) no conclusions can be drawn. C) any causal conclusions must be tentative. D) active manipulation of the independent variable must be included.

Political Science