Discuss the conformity costs faced by a politician who has adopted a party label.

You are a senator whose voting district has been redistributed to include predominantly rural voters. Which of these issues would you focus on in your next campaign?

a) public school quality b) neighborhood preservation c) natural resource development d) opportunities for minorities e) annexation

Assume that a criminal defendant claims that she was the victim of a criminal kidnapping and was forced by her kidnappers to commit the crimes with which she is accused. Assume further that she could prove that she had complied with their demands only because her captors had threatened to kill her if she resisted. What defense would be appropriate for her to adopt at trial?

a. Entrapment c. Insanity b. Self defense d. Duress