Let’s assume that experience from recent elections in this New York community have led political analysts to expect that in order to win political office, a candidate needs to win at least 48% of the vote. Let’s also assume that political entrepreneurs will try to mobilize voters along either racial or linguistic lines. If this is the case, what identity category or categories COULD be activated or politicized to win the election? In other words, what identity category or categories (racial or linguistic) form minimal winning coalitions?
A. Latino
B. English speaking
C. White
D. English speaking or South Asian
E. White or Polish speaking
B. English speaking
Political Science
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a. Young adults are more likely than other age groups to use newspapers and broadcast media as news and information sources. b. Young adults are less likely than other age groups to use newspapers and broadcast media as news and information sources. c. Most Americans follow politics more frequently and with greater intensity than they follow popular culture. d. Narrowcasting has encouraged less repetition of stories on cable news programs.
Political Science
Regulatory taxes are sometimes called a(n)
A) sin tax. B) use tax. C) selective tax. D) objected tax.
Political Science