Which of the following is a plausible explanation for the polls' prediction that Dewey would defeat Truman in 1948?
a. Pollsters assumed that the country was significantly more Republican than the actual poll data indicated.
b. Pollsters had assumed that all respondents who said they were unlikely to vote would, in fact, stay home.
c. Pollsters had assumed that non-respondents would wind up voting in the same ratio as those who had responded.
d. Pollsters had assumed that respondents who said they were undecided would wind up voting in the same ratio as those who had already decided.
d
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A. early release programs B. near-15 percent solution C. truth in sentencing solution D. the 85 percent solution
Which of the following statements would best reflect the views of German Philosopher Hegel?
A) Sometimes elections are impossible to predict. B) Politicians behave in an irrational manner. C) Political Science can be useful in explaining why people vote a certain way. D) Predicting political outcomes is usually random.