Explain why both those in favor of and opposed to the Vietnam War supported lowering the voting age to 18.
What will be an ideal response?
Young people were prominent in the antiwar movement as well as in the armed services.
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The term diffuse support refers to the __________
a. aggregate of preferences and opinions of individuals on significant issues b. goodwill toward governmental authority that people learn early in their lives c. tendency of survey respondents to provide socially acceptable answers to questions d. lukewarm opinions expressed by unknowledgeable respondents in a survey
While the rise of the primary system during the Progressive Era loosened the grip of the party establishments on the choice of candidates, this system has its own drawbacks, including:
a. attracting too many independent voters, which skews the results to the center. b. attracting voters to the primaries who are at the ideological extremes of their parties. c. allowing those who show up to come to a consensus on the candidate. d. creating long struggles over multiple ballots to choose a candidate.