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Exam 2: Chapters 4, 5, & 6
Puplic Opinion, Political Parties, and Political Interest Groups
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
07/20/2010

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The traditional distinction between liberals and conservatives is based on the role of the government in the economy.
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True
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Liberals favor a greater role for the government in dealing with economic problems such as poverty, unemployment, hunger, health care, etc.
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True
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Liberals are labeled "right-wing" and conservatives are "left-wing."
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False
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How do conservatives think is the best method to deal with economic problems such as poverty and unemployment?
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They prefer the free market over government programs.
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What would conservatives do if unemployment started to increase?
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Cut taxes to create jobs through increased consumer spending.
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What is ideology?
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A consistent set of beliefs, ideas, and values.
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What is the traditional definition distinguishing liberal and conservative?
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Liberals favor a greater role for the government in solving economic problems, and conservatives favor a lesser role.
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Give one reason that the traditional definition is no longer adequate.
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We have all become fairly liberal in accepting an active role for the government, and there is little difference between liberals and conservatives on economic issues.
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What is the only real difference between liberals and conservatives today on the role of the government in the economy?
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Liberals favor an expansion in some programs (medical care), while conservatives would like them to grow much more slowly.
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What program was passed by a Republican president ( Bush) and Congess that is Liberal?How does this illustrate the inadequacy of the tradiontal definition of Liberal and Conservative?
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Medicare prescripitions, drug benfits, even conservatives groups favar govermrnment social programs.
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Wow would liberals and conservaties deal with the problem of increasining unemployment differently?
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LiBerals would create goverrnment programs for employment and conservaties would cut taxes to create jobs.
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Hiow does this fit with our descripton of both liberals and conservatives favoring an active government?
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Both approaches would use the goverment to try and solve the problem.
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Social issues have become more important to the public than economic issues.
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True
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There is little difference between liberals and conservativies on enonomic issuses in pratice.
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True
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How do Liberals and conservatives differ on social issues and how is it a reversal of their views on enonomic issuses?
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Conservatives want government to enforce traditional moral values and liberals believe these are personal choice which the government should not interfere
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What is the traditional distinction of liberal and conservativie?
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liberals favor greater role for the government in enonomic issues while conservatives favar a free market solution
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What are the two reasons the traditional distinction between liberals and conservitives is no longer adequate?
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We have all become liberal on the role of the government in the economy and social issues have become more important than economic.
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Liberals believe a woman's right to choose abortion is a constitutional right.
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True
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Conservatives believe the Constitution contains a right to privacy.
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False
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Conservatives say they favor a smaller govenment but support most current governmental programs.
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True
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Liberals are more likely to favor governmental programs to redistribute income to achieve greater equality.
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True
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Conservativies believe in separtion of chuch and state.
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False
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Liberials oppose prayer in school.
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False
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Liberals would oppose a school placing a copy of the ten Commandments in a classroombecause government is not supossed to pmote ( or Deny) religious activities.
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True
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Conservatives favor a fedral law prohibiting abortion.
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False ( well some do)
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Crime could be reduced if guns weren't so easy to get.
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L Liberal
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Homosexuals are born that way
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L liberal
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Favor same sex marriage.
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L liberal
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Oppose gay in the miltary.
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C conservatives
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Believes the government should provide health care to all Americans
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l liberals
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Support current government social programs like Social Security. Medicare ,Medicade , Food Stamps, Disability, etc
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Both l and liberial and conservativies
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Oppose envirnmental regulations that put too many restrictions on development.
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C Conservatives
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Favor tougher laws on air and water polluition eeven if it causes a loss of some jobs.
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L liberal
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Favor nuclear energy
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L liberal
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Favors tougher government mandates for higher miles per gallon on vehicles.
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l liberal
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Oppose more gun control laws.
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C
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Believe schools should teach children to accept all types of families inculding same-sex families.
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L liberal
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Believe abortion is apersonal choice in which the government should not interfere.
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L liberal
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Believes racial discrimination is still widespread.
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L liberal
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Believe the gap between whites and minorities in areas such as income education is due primary to discriminatiom
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L liberal
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Favor affirmative action programs that give preferences to minorities in college and admissions jobs.
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L liberal
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Beleive homosexualitly is against the bible
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C
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Favor stricker laws proctecting the envionment
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L liberal
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Beleive gun ownership deters crime
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C
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Pornography should be prohibited as detrimental to society
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C
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Favor prescripition drug benefits for senior citizens
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Both
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Favor expanding goverment social programs
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L liberal
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