Why do polling agencies use samples?
a. because it would be too expensive to get the opinions of all people
b. because they do not know what the population of interest is
c. to create the illusion of saliency
d. so they can have some uncertainty in their conclusions
Q. 2Why have African Americans typically voted at lower rates than Anglos in Texas?
a. African Americans have traditionally had higher levels of education than Anglos.
b. The large number of Hispanics in the state discouraged African Americans from voting.
c. The dominance of the Republican Party throughout most of the 1900s made African Americans feel disenfranchised.
d. Prior to the Civil Rights era, Texas had practices to restrict minority voting.
Answer: d
Q. 3Which group in Texas typically has the lowest voter turnout rates?
a. Hispanics
b. white females
c. African Americans
d. white males
Q. 4Why do some people predict the Democrats will regain political control in Texas?
a. The liberal values of most white Texans are at odds with policy stances of Republicans.
b. Stricter voter identification requirements are likely to keep individuals who traditionally support Republicans from casting ballots.
c. Hispanics represent a large and increasing proportion of the Texas electorate and they tend to vote Democratic.
d. Texas is experiencing massive in-migration of Democratic voters from states in the Midwest.
Q. 5A person who is involved in activities such as church, PTA, and a neighborhood association, but who doesn't typically become involved in political campaigns, would be classified as __________.
a. a parochial participant
b. a communalist
c. a voting specialist
d. apolitical
Q. 6Suppose it is the week before a presidential election and a friend asks you which of the following individuals is most likely to vote. Which one would you say?
a. a 23-year-old homeless man
b. a 46-year-old woman making 200,000 a year as an attorney
c. an 18-year-old woman without a job
d. an 87-year-old man who never finished high school
Q. 7Individuals who are classified as activists __________.
a. choose a specific form of political activity and devote significant time and effort to that activity
b. are in the largest of the six categories of political participation
c. engage in all types of political activity
d. typically do not vote in elections