What Effect Have Televised Presidential Debates Had on Election Outcomes

question 7

Multiple Choice

What effect have televised presidential debates had on election outcomes?

• A) Moderate results at best but likely no real impact.
• B) Debates are proven to be very effective in swaying voter opinion.
• C) The majority of the potential voters will change their candidate preference following the debate.
• D) Historically the winner of the debates usually wins the presidency.
• E) It almost always helps the underdog candidate at the expense of the major candidate.

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Definitions:

Interspecific Competition

A biological interaction between organisms of different species competing for the same resources in an ecosystem, such as food or space.

Foraging

The act of searching for and exploiting food resources in the wild, often used in the context of animals but also applicable to human gathering activities.

Commensalism

A relationship between two living organisms where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefits significantly.

Parasitism

A biological relationship where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it harm.