What is the purpose of a name recognition survey?
a. to discover how a better-known candidate contemplating a run for office might fare against an incumbent
b. to discover how a local officeholder has affected the electoral climate
c. to discover how many people have heard of a potential candidate
d. to gauge how negatively the public views a potential third-party candidate
Question -2-Members of which Asian American subgroup are most likely to register to vote as Democrats?
a. Chinese Americans
b. Japanese Americans
d. Korean Americans
d. Thai Americans
Question -3-In the context of public opinion polls, what is self-selection?
a. a reference to the timing of public opinion polls that may skew survey results
b. a reference to the ability of respondents to decide whether to participate in surveys
c. a reference to long-term studies of the electorate invalidated by short-term biases
d. a reference to short-term studies of the electorate invalidated by long-term biases
Question -4-One of the key characteristics of a postindustrial society is __________.
a. a rigid class structure
b. that information is the organizing principle
c. that it is primarily a technical society
d. that it values inherited wealth over skill and education
Question -5-Which of the following statements about the 1936 Literary Digest poll that predicted Roosevelt's reelection defeat is true?
a. The poll oversampled the upper middle class and the wealthy.
b. The poll oversampled groups heavily Democratic in orientation.
c. The poll excluded owners of automobiles and telephones.
d. The poll oversampled middle-class voters who owned telephones.
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