What is ticket-splitting, and why might voters engage in this election activity?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Define ticket-splitting as voting for candidates of different political parties for various offices in the same election.
2. Explain how there are different explanations for the phenomenon. For example, voters might not trust either established party to govern well, or they might be more concerned with individual candidates or issues.
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What will be an ideal response?
A national newsmagazine publishes an article on efforts to restrict smoking in public places. Subsequently, the magazine receives 1,500 letters commenting on the article, with nearly two-thirds of the letters
favoring tougher restrictions on smoking in public. Would this be an accurate reflection of public opinion on this issue? a. Yes, because the magazine has a national circulation and the sample size is sufficiently large. b. Not likely, because the sample is not random and thus probably not an accurate reflection of public opinion on the issue. c. Not likely, because the sample size is too small. d. Not likely, because a poll is only a snapshot of what people think at the time a poll is taken. e. Not likely, because the sample size is too large.