Which of the following is a consequence of partisan sorting?

a. It facilitates compromise between ideological opponents.
b. It increases the likelihood that citizens will swing between candidates.
c. It decreases the incidence of hyperpartisanship.
d. It tends to increase the number of citizens who occupy the ideological middle ground.
e. It makes it easier to demonize one’s political opponents.


e. It makes it easier to demonize one’s political opponents.

Political Science

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A. grow, irrespective of the benefits and costs of their programs. B. work at cross purposes with one another. C. spend more than is necessary to buy some product or service. D. generate complex and sometimes overlapping rules. E. complicate matters that are better left to commonsense solutions.

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The Internet emerged as a fundraising tool in the 2004 presidential election

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Political Science

What is another name for cross-population generalizability?

A. target population B. sampling error C. external validity D. internal validity

Political Science

In 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples had a right to marriage under the Massachusetts state constitution

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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