Children make up only 25% of the population, but they comprise ______% of the nation’s poor.

At least how many people must be polled to capture the opinions of 300 million people?

A) 15 B) 150 C) 1,500 D) 15,000 E) 150,000

Some scholars have argued that seeing a diversity of faces in Congress may, in the eyes of the American electorate, ______.

a. take away from the legislative power of elected representatives b. aggravate the partisan political process of congressional leadership c. lead to increasingly devastating periods of legislative gridlock d. confer greater legitimacy on the institution and the policies it passes