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Public Opinion And Ideology Vol I
Test Description: GOVT 11
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) One reason why public policy often differs from public opinion is that
A
public opinion polling tends to express the opinions of a political elite
B
while public opinion is easy to gauge, public policy is not
C
the Constitution places many checks on the influence of public opinion.
D
public opinion tends to change much more slowly than public policy
2) Some 60% of adults adopt the party preference of their
A
peers
B
teachers
C
employers
D
parents
3) Liberal preferences on various policy issues are displayed LEAST of by
A
blacks
B
white Protestants
C
white Catholics
D
Jews
4) Policy gridlock is most likely to occur when
A
there is a third-party candidate in the presidential election
B
the president is of a different party from the majority party in Congress
C
a political party forms a coalition around a specific policy
D
the same party wins the majority in both houses of Congress
5) A gender gap is most likely to occur in an election in which the major issue is
A
political ethics
B
war
C
taxation
D
women's rights
6) What word best describes someone who is to the right on the political ideology spectrum?
A
Moderate
B
Radical
C
Conservative
D
Liberal
7) The most consistently liberal group within the Democratic party has been
A
women
B
blacks
C
Jews
D
union members
8) Voters in the South have become progressively less attached to
A
Republican party
B
conservative ideology
C
Democratic party
D
social issues
9) Complete the analogy. Conservatism: Republican as _____________________.
A
Liberalism : Democrat
B
Liberalism : Green
C
Republican : Democrat
D
Liberalism : Libertarianism
10) Which of the following people are most likely to be Democrats?
A
white Americans
B
African Americans
C
All these answers are correct.
D
upper-middle-class Americans
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