What are Election Day exit polls, and why have they been criticized?
What will be an ideal response?
Question -2-What best explains the demise of party machines?
a. congressional reforms that prevented private party meetings in smoke-filled rooms
b. Keynesian economic reforms that increased individual wealth
c. judicial reforms that ended the pay to play system of assigning public defenders
d. progressive reforms that instituted a merit-based hiring system
Question -3-Explain how the media determine what is newsworthy. Do you think these criteria should be changed?
What will be an ideal response?
Question -4-Position taking is more likely to affect the outcome of a House race than a Senate race.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question -5-Which statement best describes the functioning of party machines in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
a. Parties provided policy support to rural electorates in exchange for votes.
b. Parties provided jobs to rural electorates in exchange for votes.
c. Parties provided patronage jobs to loyal supporters in urban areas.
d. Parties provided cash handouts to rural electorates in exchange for jobs.
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