How Likely Are Voters to Participate in State and Local

question 40

Multiple Choice

How likely are voters to participate in state and local elections compared with national elections?

• A) Less likely
• B) More likely
• C) Equally likely
• D) No clear pattern
• E) More likely if the issues are known and made clear to voters in advance

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Definitions:

Free Association

Method used in psychoanalytic therapy in which the patient is to say anything that comes to her mind, no matter how apparently trivial, unrelated, or embarrassing.

Anxiety-Provoking Stimuli

Events, objects, or situations that evoke feelings of anxiety or substantial discomfort in individuals.

Cognitive Therapy

An approach to therapy that tries to change some of the patient’s habitual modes of thinking about herself, her situation, and her future.

Depression

A mood disorder characterized by disabling sadness, hopelessness, and apathy; a loss of energy, pleasure, and motivation; and disturbances of sleep, diet, and other bodily functions.