Which of the following is true about Internet polls?
a. They are a reliable source of information because they reach thousands of people.
b. They are notoriously unreliable because the sample consists of people who choose to answer the survey, sometimes more than once.
c. They have been used accurately and consistently since 1979 to predict election outcomes.
d. They are the preferred method used by most professional research firms today.
e. They are inherently biased against the religious right because churchgoers are less likely to use computers.
b
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After the early community power studies of Dahl and Hunter, later studies found that business interests in community politics were:
A. pretty much in control of city politics, as Hunter found. B. usually unified in their demands and interests. C. behaved pretty much the same way in cities of different sizes. D. usually not as dominant as Hunter found.
Which of the following is a variation of at-large voting and has been adopted to resolve federal voting rights cases?
A. proportional representation B. cumulative voting C. totality of circumstances test D. special purpose elections