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Power & Choice, 8/e
W. Phillips Shively, University of Minnesota---Minneapolis
Elections
True or False
1
The 1983 elections in Nigeria were largely discredited because the published roll of registered voters was suspiciously large, suggesting fraud.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
2
Most early democracies used the SMDP electoral system, but have now switched to the PR system.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
3
In democracies, elections do not serve to build support for the system.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
4
Britain and many of her former colonies use the SMDP electoral system.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
5
SMDP bias is worsened considerably if the strength of small parties is concentrated in a few districts.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
6
Long term factors that affect how people vote change rapidly.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
7
Israel holds parliamentary elections every four years by an unusually simple and direct form of proportional representation.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
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