__________ tend to embrace conservative values and vote for conservative parties.
A) Academics
B) Country and suburban dwellers
C) Urban dwellers
D) West coast dwellers
How does the rise in the percentage of blacks who make up the electorate relate to American political parties?
A) This demographic shift works against Democrats.
B) This demographic shift works against Republicans.
C) This demographic shift works against the Green Party.
D) This demographic shift works against urban Democrats.
Describe the purpose of the Electoral College
A) To provide an alternative to the generally democratic approach to politics in the U.S.
B) To overrepresent states with fewer voters, especially the Southern states
C) To allow for greater constitutional change
D) To avoid the problem of a hung government
Why might factory workers in small towns feel a different sense of the stakes elections hold than executives and professionals?
A) Factory workers in small towns may perceive a great deal of difference between candidates,
noticing considerable change from one administration to another, while executives and
professionals feel generally less involved, but still perceive a direct correlation between who
wins and their personal fortune.
B) Factory workers in small towns may perceive little difference between candidates, noticing
little change from one administration to another, and while executives and professionals
share this sense of noticing little change from one administration to another, they still
perceive a direct correlation between who wins and their personal fortune.
C) Factory workers in small towns may perceive little difference between candidates, noticing
little change from one administration to another, while executives and professionals feel
involved and perceive a direct correlation between who wins and their personal fortune.
D) Executives and professionals may perceive little difference between candidates, noticing little
change from one administration to another, while factory workers in small towns feel
involved and perceive a direct correlation between who wins and their personal income.
__________ regions may harbor economic and cultural resentments at rule by a distant capital.
A) Urban
B) Liberal
C) Northern
D) Outlying
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