Professional and business people are more apt to support Democrats than Republicans

Unlike in Europe and Japan, in America civil servants

A) always have been held in high regard. B) were once held in high regard, but at present are not. C) never have been held in high regard. D) are held in high regard now, but were not in the past. E) were held in high regard only in times of crisis.

Compared to other economically developed Western nations, how widely have Americans adopted “postmaterialist” values?

a. Initially the United States ranked in the middle, but in the 1990s postmaterialist values declined in the United States compared to Western Europe. b. Postmaterialism has consistently been lower in the United States than in Europe. c. Postmaterialism has consistently been higher in the United States than in Europe. d. The United States has had more postmaterialists than Europe.