Political scientists use __________ data to look for patterns and eventually form theories

Why did Nixon and Kissinger try to improve American relations with China in the late 1960s?

a. To promote human rights and democracy b. To build an anti-Communist alliance c. To play off the Chinese government against the Soviet Union d. To increase Nixon's popularity at home e. To listen to Kissinger's foreign policy advice

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The problem with Latina and Latino voting is that their potential voting population far exceeds the number of Latinas and Latinos who actually participate in the voting process. 2. While the ways in which parties structure their nomination processes have changed and continue to change, the general trend in modern campaigns has been one of increasing exclusion. 3. Though theoretically possible, it has never happened that a U.S. presidential candidate has been elected president and has lost the popular vote. 4. Political scientist Larry Bartels has described momentum or “Big Mo” as the most important resource that a candidate for national office can have. 5. By the 1970s, the decreasing trend in reelection rates for congressional incumbents had become so pronounced that the theory of incumbency advantage had been dispelled in the minds of most political scholars.