Many voters feel that they have been left out of the political system

In a large, modern, pluralistic society and political system, public policymaking is likely to be _______

a. organized, clear-cut, and well-defined b. objective rather than subjective c. subjective rather than objective d. complex, untidy, and a bit unruly

Party identification is the single most important predictor of how people decide to vote because ______.

a. voters are too unsophisticated to vote in any other fashion b. it leads people toward prospective issue voting c. as a benefit, being a partisan means the voter does not need to register to vote, which counteracts one of the costs of voting d. it indirectly colors the partisan’s perceptions of issues and candidates