A) conservatism.
B) an ideology.
C) socialization.
D) politicization.
E) None of these answers is correct.
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A) the percentage of polled individuals that claim membership in a particular party.
B) formal membership in a political party.
C) an emotional attachment to a political party.
D) a political party's platform-the stances on issues that define its beliefs.
E) the ability of individual citizens to identify the major issue positions of the major political parties.
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A) Protestants.
B) religious right.
C) Catholics.
D) Jews.
E) Muslims.
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A) in both the economic and social spheres.
B) in the economic but not the social sphere.
C) in the social sphere,but not the economic sphere.
D) in neither the social nor the economic spheres.
E) only with regard to affirmative action.
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A) determines specific government actions.
B) is unrelated to government action.
C) sets limits on government action.
D) generally affects government action only on election issues.
E) is strongest during a presidential election.
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A) liberals.
B) conservatives.
C) populists.
D) libertarians.
E) communists.
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A) On high-profile issues particularly,public opinion tends to affect policy to a greater degree than policymakers' agendas affect public opinion.
B) Analysts Page and Shapiro concluded that leaders' opinions ultimately affect most policy issues more than the larger public opinion.
C) The linguist Noam Chomsky claimed that democracy consistently preserved the will of the people over the will of elite interests.
D) Analysts Robert Erikson,Michael MacKuen,and James Stimson found a pattern consistent with their claim that "public opinion has little influence over policy."
E) All these answers are correct.
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A) 5
B) 3
C) 2
D) 8
E) 10
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A) Liberalism and conservatism have such imprecise meanings that it is not useful to think about politics in these terms.
B) Americans overwhelmingly identify themselves as liberals.
C) Americans are highly sophisticated in their political thinking.
D) Only a minority of Americans can be classified as true ideologues.
E) Americans are highly consistent in their political thinking.
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A) the poorer American classes still had enough material wealth to be happy with their station.
B) American workers lacked sufficient class consciousness.
C) the government was already providing substantial financial assistance to the working class.
D) the Social Security system provided workers with a safety net not available to workers in Europe.
E) the government of the U.S.was too militantly anti-communist and would not allow propaganda to spread.
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A) liberals and populists
B) populists and libertarians
C) conservatives and liberals
D) populists and conservatives
E) liberals and libertarians
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A) older voters.
B) African American voters.
C) female voters.
D) younger voters.
E) swing voters.
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