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Show t ATTENTION DEMOCRATS Mew ii OhceA-Wee- k Shoe Shine recent research project has unearthed some surprising facts about the average American voter. Try this quiz and find out why and how you vote the way you do By JOSEPH GIES A Ann Arbor, Mich. Everybody likes to argue about politics. Its one of Americas great indoor sports, and just now its very much in season. The quiz on this page is designed to test your political savvy. It explains your own voting habits, and everybody elses too. Its based on ajnonumental study by four social scientists, Dr. Angus Campbell, Dr. Philip E. Converse, Dr. Warren E. Miller and Dr. Donald E. Stokes of the Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan. They have just summarized their findings in a formidable volume published by John Wriley& Sons,NewYork:'The Ameri- can Voter. Try the quiz, which This Week has prepared with the help of Dr. Campbell and his colleagues. Even if you dont make out too well, youll at least learn enough new facts to make you a champ in the great American pastime of talking politics. i. Whats the single most important influence on your voting habits (t) your education; () your parents; (c) your economic status? 2. If your neighbor votes Republican what are the chances of his wife votfifty-fift(b) ing Democratic one chance in three; (o) one chance () in ten? 3. Are the youngest voters more partisan in their politics than the oldest ones? e . Are voters mostly Republicans or Democrats? first-tim- With once If you were a Republican campaign manager in a farm state, and 10. just prices were going down, would you be happy or sad? You meet three people at a party. One says hes a Democrat, one says hes a Republican, one says hes an "independent. Is the "independent or the apt to be the best-inform- politically of the worst-informe- d three? 6. Democratic friends of yours have just moved to the suburbs. Are they likely to turn Republican? e. Are most voters Republicans or Democrats? 7. Right now, how many people have made up their minds for Nixon or for one out of two; (b) Kennedy two out of three; (o) nine out of ten? () 8. Is a farmers vote more predictable or less predictable than a city mans? "re-buf- f" away water-spot- s, dirt and scuff marks tween shines in seconds! The Smiths have lived in the city lives. Are they probably Democrats or probably Republicans? 11. . all their A. new Shinola you shin the shin stays on I You . . be- thats because only new Shinolas patented blendof4special waxes contains Dura-Shin- e to give shoes a harder film of polish. It shines on brighter on longer. rebuffs in seconds! Get new Shinola today ! 12. Campaigns are supposed to be fought out on issues. Roughly, how many voters actually see a difference between the two parties on any given major issue, such as foreign aid, medical care, taxes, etc.? One fourth, one half, three fourths? 13. Last question this ones for fun:' Everybodys heard about the Adamses and the Harrisons, but can you name these famous political families? The elder brother ran for President, and the younger brother ran for (b) the grandand the father was for ran President; (e) dis- grandson tant cousins each ran first for Vice- President, then for President. () Vice-Presiden- t; Vice-Preside- junl peg for answers 9 |
