The term super-delegate refers to
A) ?elected officials and party leaders who are not required to pledge themselves in advance to a presidential candidate.
B) ?delegates representing special-interest caucuses, such as those organized to represent blacks or homosexuals.
C) ?delegates at large who are chosen by a vote of the national party leadership.
D) ?delegates chosen by primary elections and grassroots caucuses.
E) ?delegates who received more than 80 percent of the vote necessary to achieve their status.
A
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Controlled comparisons between two interval level variables are displayed in a cross-tabulation. 2. Gender, coded as male or female, and attitudes regarding welfare policy, coded as supports or opposes, are suitable variables for a cross-tabulation. 3. A simple comparison of two variables provides a zero-order relationship. 4. Mean comparison analysis is used when the independent variable is categorical and the dependent variable is interval.
The theory that large-scale realignments in political party support are no longer likely is known as
A. ?dealignment theory. B. ?electoral stability theory. C. ?voter stability theory. D. ?rigidity theory. E. ?volatility theory.