Which of the following statements about the 1936 Literary Digest poll that predicted Roosevelt's reelection defeat is true?
a. The poll oversampled those with higher income.
b. The poll oversampled groups heavily Democratic in orientation.
c. The poll excluded owners of automobiles.
d. The poll undersampled middle-class voters who owned telephones.
a
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Fill in the blank with the right word.
In ____ the Supreme Court ruled that states must provide legal counsel to indigent defendants.
a. Griswold v. Connecticut b. Near v. Minnesota c. Betts v. Brady d. Gideon v. Wainwright
Elite learning is a
a. theory that political leaders ascertain from previous successes and failures and adjust their behavior accordingly to maximize the likelihood of future successes. b. theory of decisionmaking that assumes, short of a crisis, that government officials will make small changes to existing policy rather than start from scratch when making policy decisions. c. wide-ranging theoretical perspective used to explain both individual political behavior and collective actions. d. theory that people do not like to hold obviously contradictory positions, leading them to reject evidence that may run counter to their initial beliefs about a particular topic. e. concept from psychology that highlights the extent to which initial contact or experiences are filtered through past contacts or relationships with similar individuals or settings.
The brutal communist regime in Cambodia was the:
a. The Red Army b. Khmer Rouge c. Bolsheviks d. Maoists