Public opinion is
A) emotion.
B) statistics which can be manipulated to mean anything.
C) the aggregated opinions of individual people.
D) a figment of pollsters' imaginations.
E) informed and enlightened.
C
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What happens in a presidential democracy when a president does not command the support of a majority of the members of the legislature?
A. The legislature can pass a vote of no confidence and force the president to resign. B. The president continues in office with a minority cabinet and the legislature has no power to make her leave office before her fixed term is up. C. The president can dissolve the legislature and call new legislative elections.
When issues have arisen that split the existing party coalitions in the United States, which of the following has also occurred?
A. Party-line voting has declined and ticket-splitting has increased. B. Third parties have normally replaced one of the former major parties. C. The major parties have merged. D. Party-line voting has increased and ticket-splitting has declined.