POLS-2311 GOVT OF US PRETEST CH 4-7
EXAM 2 REVIEW 2026 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
Women are less likely than men to favor the use of force to
settle international disputes.
True
____________ is the process by which individuals acquire
their political opinions.
Political socialization
Which of the following is false about public opinion
polling?
Polls have a 99.5% accuracy rating.
The Gallup poll has correctly predicted the presidential
election results in every election except the:
2000 Bush-Gore
A member of congress who wants to act on what the
majority of his or her constituency thinks on a particular
issue would be advised to respond to which of the
following indicators?
A poll based on a random selection sample of constituents.
"Independents" are those who do not identify with
Democrats or Republicans & tend to be idealized in high
school students. Yet there is a lack of partisanship makes
it less likely that they have:
Political interest
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It was not until the passage of the __________Amendment
that 18-20 year-olds were granted the rights to vote.
Twenty-Sixth
An ongoing effort by citizens who are unhappy with
government in order to express their dissatisfaction & tryin
to change things social or political is a:
Political movement
In the United States:
voter registration requirements have usually been set by the
states.
Occupy Wall Street's main target has been:
the widening income gap between the wealthiest 1 percent of
Americans and the rest of society.
Women were not granted the right to vote:
early in the 20th century.
Which of the following statements about political
participation & lower-income Americans is true?
They need the most government help but are least likely to
engage in collective action to seek it.
The Tea Party began as:
Opposition to high taxes.
Which of the following beliefs is widespread among
Americans, according to a poll conducted by Stanford
University?
Americans carry out a meaningful amount of voter fraud every
year.