Only democracies are vulnerable to public opinion
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
FALSE
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Why should researchers be careful about using the Internet to conduct public opinion polls?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is an example of “legislative prodding”?
a. Declining to approve a treaty negotiated by the president b. Introducing a bill to require congressional review of nuclear agreements with Iran c. Closing multiple military bases through the BRAC procedure d. Bringing a case against the president or other executive officials in the Supreme Court
Thomas Patterson's observation that "today's presidential campaign is essentially a mass media campaign" suggests that __________
a. voters have very little understanding of the campaign apart from what they see and hear in the media b. the media exercise little influence over a vast number of citizens' votes c. campaigns are for the masses and are mediated by political elites d. the media control electoral outcomes
The Supreme Court has reasoned that a right of privacy is provided by
A. the Civil Rights Act of 1964. B. the implication of the right to privacy by the freedoms in the Bill of Rights. C. the Tenth Amendment, which reserves to the people and the states those powers not granted to the federal government. D. the Civil Rights Act of 1991. E. the Ninth Amendment, which says that people's rights are not limited to those enumerated in the Constitution.