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PSC_exam 1
quantitative items
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
02/16/2010

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Percent of those who felt that the government could be trusted to do what was right most of the time in

1964

1984

1994

Definition

1964-76%

1984-44%

1994-19%

Term
Percent of those in a 1996 Washington Post article who felt that most people can be trusted and percent of those who trusted the government to do what was right most of the time. 
Definition
35% people, 25% government
Term
Percent of those who have confidence in government in China and US
Definition
China-97%, US-38%
Term
Percentage of the public who know their representative voted on any one bill
Definition
less than 5%
Term
Percentage of the public who knows who their representative is
Definition
46%
Term
Percent of those who said they read the newspaper in 1965
Definition
67%
Term
Percent of those who said they read the newspaper yesterday in 2006
Definition
40%
Term
Average percent of those who said they had heard or read something abut the incumbent and challenger during a congressional election
Definition
24%
Term
Percent of those who said they had heard or read something about the incumbent and challenger during Brooks Hays district in 1958
Definition
100%
Term
Percentage of the public seeing themselves as 'extremely liberal'
Definition
2%
Term
Percentage of the public seeing themselves as 'extremely conservative'
Definition
2-4%
Term
Current size of the national debt 
Definition
$12.3 trillion
Term
Wage difference between CEOs and the average factory worker in the US in the 1970's and currently 
Definition
43 times, 364 times
Term
Budget deficit in fiscal year(FY 2009)
Definition
$1.7 trillion
Term
Direction of change in real income for the lowest 50 percent of all income earners in the last 30 years
Definition
declined 
Term
Direction of change in real income for the highest 10 percent of all income earners in the last 30 years
Definition
increased
Term
Percent of whites graduating from college
Definition
28%
Term
Percent of African Americans graduating from college
Definition
18%
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