Author Question: Which of the following is a primary activity of political parties? a. dividing the electorate b. ... (Read 94 times)

james0929 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Which of the following is a primary activity of political parties?

a. dividing the electorate
b. creating interest groups to lobby government
c. seeking to gain office for their candidates
d. reducing accountability mechanisms
e. reducing partisanship

Question 2

If an opinion poll with a margin of error of 5 percent finds that 51 percent of Americans are likely to vote for candidate A and 49 percent of Americans are likely to vote for candidate B, what should the pollsters conclude?

a. that candidate A will win the election
b. that candidate B will most likely lose the election
c. that the voting is too close to determine a winner
d. that the survey results are invalid
e. that the survey results suffer from nonresponse bias