The two major parties prevent third parties from achieving electoral success by ______.

a. threatening them with violence
b. adopting their ideas
c. banning them from appearing on ballots
d. blocking their access to professional consultants


b. adopting their ideas

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A Type I error is known as a _______ and a Type II error is known as a _____

a. false positive, false negative b. false negative, false positive. c. sample error, population error. d. population error, sample error.

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______ refers to the amount of random error in the statistic computed from a sample due to the fact that each sample differs just by chance from the population.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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In the United States, electoral college votes are allocated in all but three states (Iowa, Maine and Nebraska) through what kind of system?

a. proportional representation. b. list system. c. Hare Plan d. winner-take-all. e. None of the above

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The 1965 Voting Rights Act, which was extended to Texas in 1975, allows __________

a. minorities to refuse to show identification when voting in Texas b. women to run for public office in all state and local elections in Texas c. minority coalitions to dispute state and local election systems in court d. minorities to vote in all state and local elections in Texas

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