Based on what we know about people's receptivity to the media, a hard-core Democrat would most likely respond to negative campaign reports on a Democratic candidate by __________

a. ignoring the message or rationalizing it away
b. critically evaluating the message for its truth content
c. changing his or her opinion about the candidate
d. increasing the intensity of an original belief
e. decreasing the intensity of an original belief

a

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What step did both Jennifer Gratz and Barbara Grutter take after getting rejected from admission to the University of Michigan?

A) They appealed to the board of trustees. B) They contacted the local newspaper. C) They sued the school. D) They wrote their congressional representative. E) They picketed the Supreme Court.

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The decision of representative democracies to hold regular, free, and competitive elections represents

a. an imperfect solution to the problem of delegation. b. the perfect solution to the problem of delegation. c. an imperfect solution to the problem of transaction costs. d. a perfect solution to coordination problems.

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