A) Protestants.
B) religious right.
C) Catholics.
D) Jews.
E) Muslims.
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A) the population size and the sample size.
B) the sample size and the timeline over which the sample was taken.
C) the size of the sample and whether the sample was selected from the population by a random method.
D) the sample size and whether the sample has the same percentage of men and women as the population.
E) the anonymous nature of the sampling process and sample size.
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A) a change in the policy position of the president.
B) major upheaval.
C) popular satisfaction with a government initiative.
D) a change in the law.
E) a Supreme Court ruling.
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A) the inability of the United Nations to discover strong evidence of weapons of mass destruction
B) mainstream media coverage of the actions of the Iraqi government
C) grassroots efforts by conservative groups that argued it was necessary for greater national security
D) the Bush administration's efforts to press the case for war
E) election-year posturing on national security issues by congressional candidates for office
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A) most individuals are reluctant to speak out against the dominant opinion.
B) people tend not to express their views until asked.
C) people holding deviant opinions tend to be more vocal,and hence silence the majority.
D) most individuals like to challenge dominant opinions.
E) All of these answers are correct.
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A) They favor government activism in the area of distribution of economic benefits.
B) They prefer a smaller role for government in upholding social and cultural traditions.
C) They favor more government spending for the poor.
D) They believe lifestyle choices should be left to the individual.
E) They believe that government should be used to promote traditional values.
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A) normally cumulative; political beliefs attained earlier in life tend to be retained to a substantial degree.
B) highly structured; children are subjected to an intense system of government-mandated political indoctrination.
C) highly effective; Americans are the best-informed citizens in the world.
D) extremely narrow; most Americans get nearly all their opinions from a single source.
E) usually uniform; there are almost no differences in the opinions of various groups,such as northerners and southerners.
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A) Libertarian
B) Democratic
C) Republican
D) Populist
E) Green
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A) uninformed response
B) faulty opinion
C) invalid answer
D) confused response
E) nonopinion
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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' political ideologies tend to go through one major left-to-right or right-to-left switch in their lives.
D) Most Americans do not demonstrate blind faith in their party of choice.
E) Americans are highly consistent in party identification and are rarely influenced by policies or candidates.
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A) peers
B) school
C) church
D) family
E) None of these is a primary socializing agent.
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A) Americans' pride in their democracy has increased slightly in recent decades,largely as a result of participation in foreign wars.
B) Americans' pride in their democracy is relatively low compared to most other countries.
C) Americans' pride in their democracy has stayed relatively consistent in recent decades and is comparatively high compared to most other countries.
D) Americans' pride in their democracy has decreased rapidly in recent decades,largely as a result of increasing partisanship.
E) Americans' pride in their democracy has decreased rapidly in recent decades,largely as a result of the ongoing difficulty of participation in foreign wars.
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A) South
B) Northeast
C) northern Midwest
D) West Coast
E) Pacific Northwest
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A) conservatism.
B) an ideology.
C) socialization.
D) politicization.
E) None of these answers is correct.
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A) a much larger sample size will be required.
B) the sample requirements will be nearly the same.
C) a smaller sample size will be required.
D) less randomization will be needed because the sample size will be larger.
E) a larger sampling error can be accepted.
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A) party identification.
B) choice and form of higher education.
C) professional career.
D) knowledge of particular public policies.
E) rate of political participation.
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A) determines specific government actions.
B) is unrelated to government action.
C) sets limits on government action.
D) affects government action only on election issues.
E) is strongest during a presidential election.
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