How did voters' perceptions of the economy affect the 2012 presidential election?
a. Voters who believed the economy was healthy overwhelmingly favored Barack Obama.
b. Voters who believed the economy was healthy overwhelmingly favored Mitt Romney.
c. Voters who believed the economy was in poor shape decided to stay with the incumbent.
d. Voters satisfied with the economy voted according to party affiliation.
Answer: a
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Which is a possible explanation for the failure of scientific sampling method in the 1948 U.S. election when Dewey was solidly predicted to defeat Truman?
A) The error was in assuming that respondents who said they were decided would wind up voting in the same ratio as those who had already undecided. B) The error was in assuming that respondents who said they were undecided would wind up voting in the same ratio as those who had already decided. C) The error was in assuming that non-respondents would wind up voting in the same ratio as those who had already decided. D) The error was in assuming that Democrats who said they were undecided would wind up voting in the same ratio as those Republicans who had already decided.
The Supreme Court briefly outlawed which of the following in the 1970s by asserting that it was being imposed in an arbitrary manner?
a. capital punishment b. the exclusionary rule c. access to court-appointed counsel d. symbolic speech protection--