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Voters' Political Orientation, Level of Political Information, and Probability of Voting<br/><br/>Voters' political orientation<br/><br/>(1 = strong Democrat/liberal;<br/><br/>4 = independent;<br/><br/>7 = strong Republican/conservative)<br/><br/>low information<br/><br/>high information<br/><br/>Economists Kerwin Kofi Charles and Melvin Stephens Jr. investigated a variety of factors that influence voter turnout in the United States. Using survey data that revealed whether respondents voted in national elections and how<br/><br/>knowledgeable respondents are about politics, Charles and Stephens claim that the likelihood of voting is driven in part by potential voters' confidence in their assessments of candidates--essentially, the more informed voters are about politics, the more confident they are at evaluating whether candidates share their views, and thus the more likely they are to vote.<br/><br/>Which choice best describes data in the graph that support Charles and Stephens's claim?