Which of the following statements about partisanship in the 2012 election is correct?
a. There were a large number of crossover voters as about 25% of self-identified Democrats voted for Governor Romney.
b. President Obama won reelection in 2012 by winning the support of Independents because of a large number of Democratic defections.
c. More than 90% of strong partisans voted their own party’s presidential candidate while weaker partisans were less loyal but still favored their party’s candidate.
d. Weaker partisans were more likely to vote for a presidential candidate from the other party while Independent voters were more likely to vote for third party candidates.
c. More than 90% of strong partisans voted their own party’s presidential candidate while weaker partisans were less loyal but still favored their party’s candidate.
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No Child Left Behind, passed in 2001, did which of the following?
a. Created a common high school curriculum for all states, and allowed students to transfer from unsuccessful schools to successful schools. b. Allowed students to transfer from unsuccessful schools to successful schools, and required annual testing of students in core subjects. c. Required annual testing of students in core subjects, and mandated that teachers earn master's degrees in their chosen subject areas as a condition for gaining teacher certification. d. Created a common high school curriculum for all states, and required annual testing of students in core subjects. e. Allowed students to transfer from unsuccessful schools to successful schools, and mandated that teachers earn master's degrees in their chosen subject areas as a condition for gaining teacher certification
Which is an example of a tradeoff common to members of the United States Congress?
a. Taxation versus representation b. Priorities of constituency versus party priorities c. State legislature versus House of Representatives d. Filibuster versus impetus
The capacity to induce someone to do something he or she would not have done otherwise is known as
a. persuasion. b. influence. c. power. d. pressure.
The difference between civil rights and civil liberties is ______.
a. inconsequential because the terms are used interchangeably in the United States b. that civil rights involve speech, press, and religious freedom, whereas civil liberties involve voting c. that civil rights limit the power of government, whereas civil liberties expand the power of government d. that civil rights involve government action to secure rights of citizenship, whereas civil liberties involve individual freedoms that limit the power of government e. that civil rights involve freedoms, whereas civil liberties involve voting