In the recent elections, which voting demographic has become a more cohesive voting bloc and has sided heavily with the Democratic Party, seeing it as more closely aligned with their interests?

Where will parties P1 and P2 locate in the left–right space given the polarized nature of the electorate shown in Figure 3?

Suppose now that some polarizing event occurs that causes several voters to adopt more extreme positions on the left–right issue dimension. The new distribution of voters is shown in Figure 3.


A. 0
B. 1
C. 3
D. 5
E. 8
F. 9
G. 10

In foreign policy, President Harry Truman's actions suggested his belief that the Soviet Union was

A. a foe that required strong and sometimes active military opposition. B. an economic threat but not a military threat. C. not a threat to its neighbors, Europe, or the United States. D. a regional threat. E. likely to evolve into a true democracy within a decade.