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Example Question #1 : Factors That Influence Beliefs In Politics
Which of the following is an influence on a person's political beliefs and ideology.
All of the other answers.
religious affiliation.
educational background.
career field.
All of the other answers.
A person's political beliefs, being multifaceted and complicated, are shaped by a variety of factors, including religious background, education, employment history, and income level. In fact, almost anything, from homeownership to family size, has a direct influence on a person's voting behavior and political involvement.
Example Question #1 : Factors That Influence Beliefs In Politics
Which of these election issues is most likely to demonstrate a gender gap in voting?
Taxes
Women's rights
Gun rights
Income equality
Gay rights
Gun rights
The issue of gun ownership and gun rights is most likely to create a massive gender gap in the pattern of voting. Women are generally against gun ownership, whereas men are generally in favor of it; of course, this is a broad generalization. Perhaps surprisingly, there is a small, but not massive, gender gap on issues such as women’s rights and gay rights.
Example Question #2 : Factors That Influence Beliefs In Politics
Followers of which of these religions are most likely to have liberal attitudes in contemporary America?
Islam
Mormonism
Catholicism
Judaism
Protestantism
Judaism
Followers of Judaism are by far the most likely religious group in contemporary America to have liberal opinions on issues and to vote for liberal candidates. The religious right, predominantly Southern Protestants, are the most likely group to vote conservatively on issues.
Example Question #4 : Factors That Influence Beliefs In Politics
Which of these statements about the gender gap is true?
Men are more likely to support prohibition of drugs or alcohol.
Men are less likely to support foreign intervention by the United States military.
Women are more likely to support increased social spending.
Women are more likely to vote for reducing government involvement in higher education.
Women are more likely to support gun ownership rights.
Women are more likely to support increased social spending.
"Gender gap," refers to the consistent differences between the voting patterns of men and women. For example, women are much more likely to vote for increased restrictions on gun ownership. Women are also, particularly in contemporary times, less likely to vote conservative than men. The only statement above that is true is that women are more likely to support an increase in government spending on social welfare.
Example Question #201 : Ap Us Government
African-American voters have recently been more likely to support __________.
moderate Republicans
moderate Democrats
conservative Republicans
Independent candidates
liberal Democrats
liberal Democrats
African-American votes have shown a strong tendency in recent years to support Democratic Party candidates who lean heavily to the left. Unlike white Democratic Party voters, who are more likely to support a moderate candidate.
Example Question #1 : Factors That Influence Beliefs In Politics
Women are currently more likely than men to support all of the following issues EXCEPT __________.
affirmative action to encourage racial equality
an increase in the social security program
tighter restrictions on gun ownership
Women are more likely to support all of these issues.
an end to United States military involvement in the Middle East
Women are more likely to support all of these issues.
There is a growing gender gap in American politics. To oversimplify, women are more likely to vote Democratic and support liberal positions on economic and social issues, while men are more likely to vote Republican and support conservative positions on economic and social issues. The greatest gender gap can be evidenced in the large majority of women who favor major restrictions on gun ownerships, versus far fewer men.
Example Question #201 : Ap Us Government
Which of these statements about the voting gender gap is most true?
Men vote roughly equally for Republicans and Democrats, whereas women’s voting patterns change dramatically every election cycle.
Men are more likely to vote for gun ownership rights, whereas women are more likely to vote for decreased role of government.
In recent elections women have been much more likely than men to vote for the Democratic Party.
In recent elections women have been much less likely than men to vote for the Democratic Party.
Men are more likely to support affirmative action to encourage racial and social equality.
In recent elections women have been much more likely than men to vote for the Democratic Party.
Since the 1980 election, there has been a very clear voting pattern in American general elections, where women are much more likely than men to vote for a candidate from the Democratic Party. The two largest gender discrepancies in American history have occurred during the successful elections of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Men are more likely to vote for gun ownership rights, but men are also more likely to vote for a decreased role of government. Women are more likely to support affirmative action to encourage racial and social equality.
Example Question #8 : Factors That Influence Beliefs In Politics
The term, Solid South, historically refers to __________.
the fact that the South had more candidates for President than any other region of the United States
the degree to which racial prejudice and segregation proved impossible to eliminate in southern society
the fact that the South always supported southern candidates
the degree of wealth equality that emerged in the southern society in the twentieth century
the fact that, historically, the South always voted for the Democratic Party
the fact that, historically, the South always voted for the Democratic Party
The term, Solid South, was historically used, from the end of the Civil War until the middle of the 1960s, to refer to the fact that the South almost always voted for the Democratic Party. This was born, in part, out of the South’s response to the Republican party’s northern associations during the Civil War and its aftermath. These days, the "Solid South" could just as easily be applied to the fact that the South very consistently votes Republican.
Example Question #202 : Ap Us Government
Fiscal conservatives favor which of the following?
Acquiring national debt
More government regulation
More taxation
More government spending
Lowered and balanced budgets
Lowered and balanced budgets
Modern fiscal conservatives favor reducing spending, reducing taxation and regulation, lowering national debt, and lowering and balancing budgets.
Example Question #203 : Ap Us Government
John Locke wrote in the Second Treatise on Government (1689) that “Whoever has the…supreme power…is bound to govern by established standing laws," reinforcing the idea that?
All governments should be democratic
Rulers should govern with unlimited power
Governments should be based on laws of God
Rulers must be subject to the law
Rulers must be subject to the law
This question is designed to test reading skills as well as subject knowledge. John Locke wrote extensively about the legitimacy of government as well as ways in which it should operate. All information needed is contained within the question. Locke is clearly stating his views regarding a rulers place within the law.
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