Which of the following states that if there are two or more issue dimensions and three or more voters with preferences in the issue space who all vote sincerely, then except in the case of a rare distribution of ideal points, there’ll be no stable outcome?

A. median voter theorem
B. chaos theorem
C. Arrow’s theorem
D. Condorcet’s paradox


B. chaos theorem

Political Science

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Pietro S. Nivola recommends that the United States adopt which of the following reforms?

a. Restraining the use of gerrymandering in congressional redistricting b. Encouraging higher voter turnout c. Trying to dilute the influence of “hyper-partisans” in primary elections d. All of the above

Political Science

The cohort-sequential design is an alternative developmental design

a. where different age groups are tested longitudinally b. where one age group is tested longitudinally c. where different age groups are tested once d. where one age group is tested once

Political Science

We know that people's political outlooks are shaped by major events that affect the country during their young adult years. Consider the impact of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on a person who was 18 years of age in 2001

Describe at least two political attitudes that such a person might now hold. What will be an ideal response?

Political Science

People who share a common history, language, or religion may be said to belong to the same ________

A. political party B. government C. economic class D. ethnicity E. polity

Political Science