Because of a recently passed law, in Oregon, everyone who gets a driver's license or state identification card is automatically registered to vote; they must choose to "opt out" if they do not wish to be registered. In most states, a person must take steps to register to vote. In the future, if voting statistics show that significantly more Oregonians than other U.S. citizens are registered to vote, we might say that this is a good example of the _______ heuristic in action.

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The correct answer is the default heuristic, which refers to the tendency for people to stick with a given option when it is presented as the default choice. In this case, Oregonians are automatically registered to vote when they get a driver's license or state ID, making registration the default option, which likely increases registration rates.

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