Why is Walter Lippmann credited with spurring the growth of public opinion polling?
a. Lippmann tried to predict the winner of the presidential contest between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams.
b. Lippmann was a pioneer in the use of the straw poll.
c. Lippmann wrote a book in which he observed that research on public opinion was far too limited, especially in light of its importance.
d. Lippmann discovered three fatal errors in the Literary Digest poll that wrongly predicted that Republican Alfred M. Landon would beat incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Question -2-If the same people sometimes vote on the basis of their religion and sometimes vote on the basis of their wealth, it is an illustration of __________.
a. additive cleavages
b. cross-cutting cleavages
c. polarizing cleavages
e. reinforcing cleavages
Question -3-According to Andrew Kohut, founding director of the Pew Research Center, why has the public played a more important role in national and international politics over the last three decades?
a. the sophistication of modern polling techniques
b. the rise in the number of public opinion polls
c. the advent of the Internet
d. the speed with which computers can process election data
Question -4-Compared to other countries, class divisions in the United States are __________.
a. defined by degree of acceptance of organized labor
b. defined by degree of hostility to organized labor
c. less defined and less important to politics
d. reinforced by competitive individualism
Question -5-When is a child's peer group most politically influential?
a. before preschool
b. during preschool
c. during elementary school
d. during middle and high school
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