politivs

Which of the following best characterizes Americans' knowledge of public affairs today?

• • 
    Baby boomers have been shown to be the most well-informed generation, while younger generations know little about public affairs.

• Americans are consistently shown to be among the most well-informed when compared to people in other democracies. 

• 
  Misinformation is now at its highest level in the history of polling.

• • 
    Millennials are better informed than older generations by a wide margin.

• Most Americans today are far better informed than previous generations, though knowledge levels are still rather low. 

Approximately what share of Americans refused to take the threat of COVID-19 seriously?

• less than 1/3

• more than 1/3

• more than 1/2

• less than 1/2

• nearly all

Which of the following is NOT among the frameworks used in political science?

• institutional analysis

• rational choice theory

• behavioral studies

• liberalism

• historical reasoning

Which of the following is an example of politicians' deliberate slanting of facts?

• the claim that free trade is the cause for the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs

• the claim that Russia interfered in the 2020 U.S. elections

• the insistence that President Barack Obama is a citizen and born in Hawaii

• • debates over immigration policy and amnesty for current undocumented immigrants

• calls for tax increases to fund infrastructure

In recent years,

• our politics has become more divisive and heated, leaders have lied more readily, and we have come to tolerate it more.

• American politics has become more heated and divisive.

• Americans have become more tolerant of leaders slanting facts.

• 
  Americans have embraced more truthful politicians

• American leaders have become more willing to lie.

West Virginia, the state with the lowest percentage of college graduates in the United States,

• is evidence of the general truth that the states with the highest percentage of college graduates are located between the Rockies and the Mississippi River.

• • is one of seven U.S. states with fewer than five institutions of higher learning

• • demonstrates how closed higher education in the United States is compared to the rest of the world.

• • is indicative of Americans' relative indifference to higher education.

• has a higher proportion of college graduates than most European countries.

To what aspect of America were William Watts and Lloyd Free referring when they labeled it "the country of individualism par excellence"?

• the engrained nature of individualism, from freedom of expression to fair-trial protections

• • the ability of any individual to aspire to high political office

• the ability of the individual to join in labor unions and interest groups to pursue his or her political and financial self-interests

• • the majoritarian nature of the voting and election system

• • the judicial nature of American politics, in which any individual can challenge powerful interest