The U.S. congress reluctantly voted for the 2008 and 2009 financial bailouts, as opinion ran against those bailouts, abandoning the __________ theory to act as trustees for the public good

Political scientist John Zaller showed that opinion changes generated by an event or some other piece of new information are more likely when:

a. the individual is more highly educated and is used to considering different possibilities b. the individual does not have a set of preexisting principles with which to interpret the event c. the individual follows politics closely and knows that political issues can be complicated d. the individual is a senior citizen and has more life experiences upon which to reflect

What major concern did the 2000 presidential election between Gore and Bush highlight regarding the role of third parties?

a. third parties' ineffective organization b. third parties' lack of media attention c. third parties' poor access to ballots d. third parties' poor candidate choices e. third parties' spoiling of elections