Increasingly Californians are getting their political news from the ______

According to Table 11.2, what conclusion can be drawn about where Americans learn about political candidates and campaigns?

a. Adults in 2012 rely even more on television news for political information than they did in 2000. b. Since 2000, the percentage of Americans who get their political information from a daily local newspaper has plummeted to less than 5 percent. c. Cable news consumption is growing at a rate that rivals that of the Internet. d. Americans today are relying substantially more on the Internet for political information.

"Poles" refer to

a. outside forces that can shape regime transition in a given country. b. the ends of the political spectrum. c. a sampling of attitudes toward government and politics of a population. d. inside forces that can shape regime transition in a given country. e. dominant states in the international system.