"Argument" used in the research context means a set of of logically connected statements that end with a logical conclusion

People's views, in combination with what other factor, influence their responses to survey questions about in-the-news issues like gun control?

a. their representative's ideologies b. the stories and ideas that they have heard most recently c. the latest voter-tracking data d. the signals of policy makers e. the relative importance of the issue to the public at large

If a person chose to vote for Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election based primarily on the fact that during the previous four years unemployment had not gone down as promised, this is referred to as __________

a. prospective voting b. retaliatory voting c. swing voting d. retrospective voting e. revisionist voting