Question
This idea is named for an analyst at the Mackinac (“MACK-uh-naw”) Center who described less vehement opposition to school choice in Michigan. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this idea that Joseph Lehman contrasted with politicians “ordering dessert from a menu.” Joshua Treviño outlined six degrees within this idea ranging from “unthinkable” to “policy.”
ANSWER: Overton window [prompt on window of discourse]
[10h] According to this idea developed by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, shifts towards radicalism in the Overton window could elicit more radical opinions and the feeling of isolation amongst previously mainstream views.
ANSWER: spiral of silence
[10e] These institutions try to shift the Overton Window with research or legislative testimony. Examples of these policy nonprofits in DC include the Heritage Foundation and Brookings Institution.
ANSWER: think tanks [prompt on research institutes; prompt on policy institutes; prompt on research foundations]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago A | Brown A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Claremont A | Virginia A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Columbia A | Chicago C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Columbia B | Imperial A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell A | Florida A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Harvard A | Cornell B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Iowa State A | South Carolina A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Johns Hopkins A | NYU A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| MIT A | Toronto A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Maryland A | Yale A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| McGill A | Penn A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Minnesota A | Texas A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Northwestern A | North Carolina A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio State A | Duke A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Purdue A | Michigan A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Rutgers A | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Rutgers B | Houston A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Stanford A | Chicago B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| UC Berkeley A | Indiana A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UC Berkeley B | Florida B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Vanderbilt A | Minnesota B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| WUSTL A | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| WUSTL B | Penn State A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Yale B | Illinois A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |