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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
while public opinion is easy to gauge, public policy is not
B
public opinion polling tends to express the opinions of a political elite
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
employers
B
peers
C
parents
D
teachers
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
a political party forms a coalition around a specific policy
B
the same party wins the majority in both houses of Congress
C
the president is of a different party from the majority party in Congress
D
there is a third-party candidate in the presidential election
5) A gender gap is most likely to occur in an election in which the major issue is
A
political ethics
B
taxation
C
war
D
women's rights
6) What word best describes someone who is to the right on the political ideology spectrum?
A
Radical
B
Moderate
C
Conservative
D
Liberal
7) The most consistently liberal group within the Democratic party has been
A
Jews
B
blacks
C
union members
D
women
8) Voters in the South have become progressively less attached to
A
Republican party
B
Democratic party
C
social issues
D
conservative ideology
9) Complete the analogy. Conservatism: Republican as _____________________.
A
Liberalism : Democrat
B
Liberalism : Libertarianism
C
Liberalism : Green
D
Republican : Democrat
10) Which of the following people are most likely to be Democrats?
A
All these answers are correct.
B
African Americans
C
white Americans
D
upper-middle-class Americans
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