How can using cost-benefit analysis help us understand who will vote? Provide specific examples to support your claims
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Explain that voters generally weigh the costs and benefits of voting when considering whether or not to participate.
2, Explain that eligible voters are less likely to vote if they believe an individual vote does not matter, if they believe a particular candidate will not will, if they believe the benefits of voting are low, or if they perceive the costs of voting to be high.
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Political scientists have found that:
A. states with the longest and most amended constitutions also have strong, competitive political parties. B. states with the longest and most amended constitutions also have weak, noncompetitive political parties. C. party strength and competition affect the length of state constitutions but not amendment activity. D. party strength and competition affect amendment activity but not state constitutional length.
Interest groups appear to be stronger in states with ________ political cultures
A. traditionalistic B. anarchical C. oligarchic D. moralistic E. individualistic