Table 2: Identity Matrix for a Hypothetical Country X Gaelic speaking English speaking East 40% 2% West 4% 54% Table 3 i
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Table 2: Identity Matrix for a Hypothetical Country X
Gaelic speaking
English speaking
East
40%
2%
West
4%
54%
Table 3 illustrates how society X is divided up along two
identity cleavages. According to the information in Table 2, does
society X have cross-cutting or reinforcing cleavages?
Group of answer choices
Cross-cutting
Reinforcing (coinciding)
Neither cross-cutting nor reinforcing
Table 3: Distribution of Attributes in a Hypothetical Queens
Neighborhood
White
Arab
Latino
English speaking
8%
15%
24%
Spanish speaking
5%
1%
27%
Arabic speaking
0
7%
0
Polish speaking
13%
0
0
Consider the distribution of attributes shown in Table 3. If you
know that someone is an Arabic speaker, can you predict with much
certainty what racial group he or she belongs to?
Group of answer choices
No
Yes
Table 3: Distribution of Attributes in a Hypothetical Queens
Neighborhood
White
Arab
Latino
English speaking
8%
15%
24%
Spanish speaking
5%
1%
27%
Arabic speaking
0
7%
0
Polish speaking
13%
0
0
Consider the distribution of attributes shown in Table 3. If you
know that someone is a Latino, can you predict with certainty
whether he or she speaks English as opposed to Spanish?
Group of answer choices
Yes
No
Table 3: Distribution of Attributes in a Hypothetical Queens
Neighborhood
White
Arab
Latino
English speaking
8%
15%
24%
Spanish speaking
5%
1%
27%
Arabic speaking
0
7%
0
Polish speaking
13%
0
0
Consider the distribution of attributes shown above in Table
3. Assume that experience from recent elections have led
political analysts to expect that in order to win political office,
a candidate needs to win at least 48 percent of the vote.
Assume also that political entrepreneurs will try to mobilize
voters along either racial or linguistic lines. If this is the
case, what identity category or categories COULD be activated or
politicized to win the election? In other words, what identity
category or categories (racial or linguistic) form a coalition for
office?
Group of answer choices
Polish-speaking or Arab
White
White or English-speaking
Latino
English-speaking
The existence of the mechanical effect of electoral systems
creates an incentive for voters and elites to behave sincerely.
Group of answer choices
False
True
The strategic effect of an electoral system refers to the way
that votes translate into seats.
Group of answer choices
False
True
The majority of independent countries in the world today are
federal in structure.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Gaelic speaking
English speaking
East
40%
2%
West
4%
54%
Table 3 illustrates how society X is divided up along two
identity cleavages. According to the information in Table 2, does
society X have cross-cutting or reinforcing cleavages?
Group of answer choices
Cross-cutting
Reinforcing (coinciding)
Neither cross-cutting nor reinforcing
Table 3: Distribution of Attributes in a Hypothetical Queens
Neighborhood
White
Arab
Latino
English speaking
8%
15%
24%
Spanish speaking
5%
1%
27%
Arabic speaking
0
7%
0
Polish speaking
13%
0
0
Consider the distribution of attributes shown in Table 3. If you
know that someone is an Arabic speaker, can you predict with much
certainty what racial group he or she belongs to?
Group of answer choices
No
Yes
Table 3: Distribution of Attributes in a Hypothetical Queens
Neighborhood
White
Arab
Latino
English speaking
8%
15%
24%
Spanish speaking
5%
1%
27%
Arabic speaking
0
7%
0
Polish speaking
13%
0
0
Consider the distribution of attributes shown in Table 3. If you
know that someone is a Latino, can you predict with certainty
whether he or she speaks English as opposed to Spanish?
Group of answer choices
Yes
No
Table 3: Distribution of Attributes in a Hypothetical Queens
Neighborhood
White
Arab
Latino
English speaking
8%
15%
24%
Spanish speaking
5%
1%
27%
Arabic speaking
0
7%
0
Polish speaking
13%
0
0
Consider the distribution of attributes shown above in Table
3. Assume that experience from recent elections have led
political analysts to expect that in order to win political office,
a candidate needs to win at least 48 percent of the vote.
Assume also that political entrepreneurs will try to mobilize
voters along either racial or linguistic lines. If this is the
case, what identity category or categories COULD be activated or
politicized to win the election? In other words, what identity
category or categories (racial or linguistic) form a coalition for
office?
Group of answer choices
Polish-speaking or Arab
White
White or English-speaking
Latino
English-speaking
The existence of the mechanical effect of electoral systems
creates an incentive for voters and elites to behave sincerely.
Group of answer choices
False
True
The strategic effect of an electoral system refers to the way
that votes translate into seats.
Group of answer choices
False
True
The majority of independent countries in the world today are
federal in structure.
Group of answer choices
True
False