What are majority-minority districts and why are they created?

What will be an ideal response?

An ideal response will:
1, Describe majority-minority districts as a form of positive gerrymandering. They stem from passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, encouraging states to redistrict certain legislative boundaries to allow African Americans a majority.
2, Explain the intent of the Voting Rights Act: to provide equal representation to minorities on all levels of government and to ensure African Americans are able to have proper representation.

Political Science

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Clara, a member of the House of Representatives, does not want a certain bill to be passed. One way she can stall it is by filibustering the bill

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Political Science

Why would a researcher use a delayed-treatment control group instead of a no-treatment control group in a study of fear reduction?

A) Because you can learn much more clinically by seeing how both groups respond to treatment. B) Because it doubles the sample size in the treatment group. C) Because it reduces the cost of treatment by spreading it over more people. D) Because the researcher is addressing an ethical issue.

Political Science