Chapter 6

Question 0

Public opinion supported the invasion of Iraq in 2002

True or False?

Answer 0

True

Question 1

Public opinion polls are not scientifically based

True or False?

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Public opinion polls helped Harry Truman defeat Thomas Dewey in
1948
True or False?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

There are not any properties of public opinion, people do not think rationally
True or False?

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Family has very little influence on how people form their opinions
True or False?

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Friends have the most influence on opinions

True or False?

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Gender determines voting behavior between men and women

True or False?

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Race has little has little or no effect on voting behavior

True or False?

Answer 7

False

Question 8

American political culture does not have any values

True or False?

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Forty percent of eligible voters vote on any given election

True or False?

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Multiple choice questions

Answer 10

Move on

Question 11

The central limit theorem helps with?

Answer 11

Counting votes

Question 12

Which is not a property of public opinion?

Answer 12

Bias

Question 13

Which office do we not vote directly for?

Answer 13

Presidency

Question 14

Which group is the most loyal to the Democratic Party?

Answer 14

African American

Question 15

Verba and Nie developed a scale of participation. Which is one of the categories of their scale?

Answer 15

Inactives

Question 16

Public opinion polls should be consumed fresh just like?

Answer 16

Sushi

Question 17

Which is not a property of public opinion?

Answer 17

Capability

Question 18

Which group is not allowed to vote?

Answer 18

Felons

Question 19

Voting machine are not used because?

Answer 19

They can be tampered with through hacking

Question 20

Voting is

Answer 20

A right, but one also has the freedom not to participate