What Did Larry Bartels Find in a Study of Senate

question 36

Multiple Choice

What did Larry Bartels find in a study of Senate roll call votes?

• A) Senators are much more responsive to the opinions of affluent constituents.
• B) Senators seem to be most responsive to the opinions of middle-class constituents.
• C) Senators on the whole display a remarkable lack of interest in public opinion as a driver of their voting policy choices.
• D) Senators' voting patterns most strongly correlate with the choices of the president in office.
• E) Senators make voting choices primarily based on the opinions of the economic or ethnic class that is most populous in their state.

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