Top aides to President Clinton leaked his admission of an "inappropriate relationship" to the New York Timesin order to gauge the public response to the revelation
Based on the public's response to this __________, Clinton went ahead and admitted the "inappropriate relationship" to the grand jury.
a. beat
b. trial balloon
c. talking head
d. sound bite
b
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which two former dominant-party nations have recently seen their party systems fragment?
A) Syria and Lybia B) India and Japan C) Australia and New Zealand D) Hungary and the Czech Republic
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What will be an ideal response?
Now suppose that P1 locates at position 4 on the left-right issue dimension and that P2 locates at position 4.Who wins the election in the situation illustrated by Figure 1?
Figure 1 illustrates an election in which there are seven voters (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) arrayed along a single left–right issue dimension that runs from 0 (most left) to 10 (most right). Each voter is assumed to have a single-peaked preference ordering over the issue dimension and to vote for the party that is located closest to her ideal point. The voters are participating in a majority rule election in which there are two parties, P1 and P2, competing for office.These parties can be thought of as “office-seeking” parties since they only care about winning the election and getting into office.
A. The two parties tie.
B. P1 wins.
C. P2 wins.