Which of the following best describes the term gerrymandering?

a. advantage given to the incumbent candidate by the media  
b. A limited amount of free mail available to candidates  
c. redrawing of electoral lines to guarantee an electoral outcome  
d. set of issues important to a political party   


c. redrawing of electoral lines to guarantee an electoral outcome  

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Under the Defense of Marriage Act, signed by President Clinton,

A. no state could legalize gay marriage. B. no state could modify the definition of marriage in any significant way. C. states that allowed gay marriages would lose federal funds. D. no state would be forced to recognize a same-sex marriage performed in another state. E. gays and lesbians could marry in federal courts.

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The housing market has generated an increase in the number of low-rent units

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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A(n) ___________ requires that a specified proportional share of some benefit go to a given group

A) ?quota B) ?goal C) ?equality of opportunity D) ?equality of outcome E) ?anti-discrimination law

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A Phi coefficient of -1.00 would indicate that

A) There is a perfect negative relationship between the variables. B) There is no relationship between the variables. C) One should have used the Spearman rank-order correlation. D) A computational error was made because negative Phi coefficients are impossible.

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