People's views, in combination with what other factor, influence their responses to survey questions about in-the-news issues like gun control?
a. their representative's ideologies
b. the stories and ideas that they have heard most recently
c. the latest voter-tracking data
d. the signals of policy makers
e. the relative importance of the issue to the public at large
b
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Which Article of the Constitution addresses the executive branch?
a. Article I b. Article II c. Article III d. Article IV
With the growth of the Internet, what has become one of the easiest ways to participate in politics?
A. attending rallies B. voting C. making financial contributions D. signing paper petitions
What is one example of a way in which socialization through families and socialization through mass media reinforce each other?
a. A family sits down to dinner most evenings with talk radio in the background. b. Parents decide to homeschool their children due to objections to the public school curriculum. c. A mother runs for a local council or school board seat, partly to set an example of political participation for her children. d. A father objects to a particularly violent video game, but his son plays it anyway at a friend's house.
In Korematsu v. United States (1944) the Supreme stated that a presidential order authorizing the exclusion of persons of Japanese ancestry from designated areas along the west coast of the United States
a. was an unconstitutional deprivation of due process and equal protection. b. was inherently suspect but ultimately constitutional. c. had a rational basis. d. presented a nonjusticiable political question.