Which of the following statements is the most accurate account of what political scientists believe today about individuals' acquisition of political party identification?
a. Individuals do not identify with a political party until they reach voting age.
b. Individuals identify with a political party during adolescence when they begin learning about government and politics in high school.
c. Children identify with the political party of their parents and maintain that party identification throughout their lives.
d. Although children identify with the party of their parents, young adults often change their party identification.
e. Individuals never change party identification once they reach ten years of age.
d
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The Sherman Act of 1890 made it a crime to
A) regulate private industry. B) engage in muckraking activities. C) restrain or monopolize trade. D) discriminate on the basis of disability. E) engage in welfare fraud.
The form of conventional mass participation in which individuals express a preference for candidates or political parties seeking political office is called a(n)
a. preference system. b. hybrid electoral system. c. election. d. party system. e. multiparty system.