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Chapter 5. The President and the Public: Practice Quiz

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  • 1) When Nixon’s profanity was revealed in Watergate tapes, it conformed to voter opinions that politicians are unseemly.

    • aTrue
    • bFalse
  • 2) Valence issues are risky instruments for presidents to increase their public approval.

    • aTrue
    • bFalse
  • 3) Mail to the president

    • ais answered by top-level aids.
    • bis randomly sampled by the postmaster general.
    • cis unrepresentative of broad public opinion.
    • dmostly remains unanswered.
  • 4) No president has maintained steady approval ratings for two terms.

    • aTrue
    • bFalse
  • 5) Presidents deny they use polls to help make decisions.

    • aTrue
    • bFalse
  • 6) Rally events raise public approval of the president mainly because

    • apresidents have the opportunity to look presidential.
    • bthe president symbolizes the nation as a whole.
    • cpeople don’t want to hurt success by opposing the president.
    • dall of the above
  • 7) Which of the following is most likely to reduce a president’s approval?

    • aA wide gap between expectations and performance
    • bA natural disaster
    • cInitiating a war
    • dEntering office with an economy already in recession
  • 8) Scholars find evidence for rally effects

    • aoften.
    • bseldom.
    • cnever.
    • donly in defensive wars.
  • 9) Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama used polls most frequently to

    • aevaluate whether to pursue their campaign promises.
    • bdetermine policy priorities.
    • crecruit potential volunteers.
    • ddetermine how to frame policies for maximum popularity.
  • 10) Public reactions surprised the White House for all of the following EXCEPT

    • aNixon’s decision to bomb Cambodia.
    • bReagan’s tax cuts.
    • cClinton’s proposal to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military.
    • dTrump’s firing of James Comey.