Chapters 7-10 Part III

Insider stories are often the product of

• intense television coverage

• leaks by someone in government

• public opinion polling processes

• judicial rulings

• congressional investigations and reports

The difference between the results of two surveys or samples is called

• confidence error

• type two error

• type one error

• research flaws

• sampling error

Most of the money that individual candidates spend during the course of a campaign is directed toward

• campaign literature

• media-related activities

• travel-related expenses

• the national convention

• campaign staff and advisors

The text states that the media typically report presidential elections as horse races. This means that they

• have an instinctive desire to expose scandals

• play the roles of gatekeeper, scorekeeper, and watchdog in a presidential campaign

• seek opportunities to write background or interpretive stories about issues in the campaign

• focus more on the contest itself than on the issues of the campaign

• have an instinctive desire to investigate personalities

The abandonment of the fairness doctrine permitted

• liberals to have more access to mainstream media

• small-business owners to restrict access

• the rise of controversial talk radio

• politicians to regulate media more directly

• interest groups to have greater influence on elections

Most Americans rely on _________ as their source for news.

• the Internet

• radio

• television

• Facebook

• Twitter

With respect to impact of motor voter laws, the evidence suggests

• the number of registrants has increased somewhat but voter turnout has not increased significantly

• vote turnout and registration has not increased significantly

• the number of registrants has not increased but voter turnout has increased slightly

• vote turnout and registration has increased significantly

When people care more about an issue than other people do, they are said to have

• opinion curiosity

• opinion policy congruence

• opinion stability

• opinion saliency

• opinion agreement

When registered nonvoters are asked why they did not vote, the most common response that they give refers to

• a loss of faith in the American system of government

• a sense that their vote would not matter

• scheduling conflicts or being 'too busy'

• family obligations

• the negative nature of campaigns and so-called attack ads

When using the term 'elite,' social scientists are referring to

• people who are better than others

• people who have some valued resource, such as money, schooling, prestige, or political power

• people born into the 'right' family

• people with royal titles

• only the people that hold political office