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There are ______ u.s. district courts.
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Ninety-four
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The third amendment can be thought of as ________.
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Forming part of a broader conception of privacy in the home that is also protected by the Second and Fourth Amendments
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The senate has rejected the president's appointment of a cabinet member _____.
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Rarely
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The right to remain silent is guaranteed by the ________ amendment.
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Fifth
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The right to privacy has been controversial for all the following reasons except ________.
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It is not explicitly included in the constitution or bill of rights
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The press has the greatest impact on public opinion regarding __________.
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Events in foreign countries
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The president pro tempore in the senate is _______ the majority and minority leaders.
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Senator
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The president and the senate appoint a u.s. attorney for each _____.
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Federal judicial district
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The ninth amendments states that _____
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We have rights that are not written in Constitution enumerated rights, that may not be mentioned
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The spoils system allocated political appointments on the basis of ________.
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Party loyalty
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The _______________function of the court is concerned with the day-to-day processing of cases.
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Bureaucratic
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States retained the power to regulate _____ commerce.
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Intrastate
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Presidential electors were chosen to represent the interests of their _____.
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States
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Presidential approval ratings ________ over a president's term of office.
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Decline
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President bill clinton's original last name was _____.
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Blythe
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President _____ marks the beginning of the fourth party system in the united states.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Political appointees in the federal bureaucracy __________.
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Generally leave their post at the end of the president's term in office
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Over time, americans' expectations of government have generally __________.
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Increased
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Most representatives in congress employ ________ in their approach to governance.
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A combination of the trustee model and instructed delegate model
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Most americans believe we should _______ the electoral college.
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Abolish
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Issues of public opinion are only concerned with _____.
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Public Affairs
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In a __________, political parties choose their candidates to run in the ___________.
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Primary election; general election
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In ________ the ________ secured the right to vote for african americans.
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1965; Voting Rights Act
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Following a decade of interstate highway building, congress created the department of _______.
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Transportation
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Each of the following is a bureaucrat except _____.
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The President and Vice President
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Congress controls the bureaucracy by all of the following except _____.
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Personal contributions
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By 2012, there were approximately ________ pacs in the united states.
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5,500
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Authority in a bureaucracy is structured in _____ way.
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A hierarchical
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At the beginning of an election campaign, the media tends to focus on _____.
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Who has thrown their hat in the ring
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An amicus curiae brief is __________
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A written argument submitted to a court in support of one side of the case
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An advantage of federalism is that it allows states to __________.
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Be policy innovators
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Americans trust the government more when __________.
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Their chosen political party controls the White House
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American citizens may belong to _____ interest groups at one time.
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Any number of
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According to the trustee model of representation, legislators are __________.
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Trusted by their constituents because they are natives of their home districts
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According to the pluralist theory of government, ________.
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Government policy is formed as a result of the competition between groups with different goals and interests
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Abraham lincoln _________without prior congressional approval.
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All of the above
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A(n) __________ refers to an organization that seeks to influence public policy.
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Interest group
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A(n) __________ brief is submitted by someone who is not a party to the case.
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Amicus curiae
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A very challenging job for new presidents is to ______.
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Nominate and gain confirmation for their cabinet and hundreds of other officials
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A three-fifths majority of the __________ is required in order to __________.
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Senate; invoke cloture and end a filibuster
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A state case is more likely to be heard by the federal courts when ________.
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It involves a federal question
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A runoff election is likely when a state uses __________ voting.
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Majority
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A political party needs ________ to gain majority control of the senate.
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51 Senators
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A congressperson who pursued a strict delegate model of representation would seek to ________.
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Legislate in the way he or she believed constituents wanted, regardless of the anticipated outcome
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A bureaucracy is organized like a pyramid with the head of the bureaucracy _____.
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At the top
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______elections are held to select a party's candidate for the ____ elections.
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Primary; general
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__________ almost always win congressional elections.
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Incumbents
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__________ acted as the common government of the states between 1775 and 1781.
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The Second Continental Congress
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________ is/are most likely to understand trade issues in the united states.
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Career bureaucrats in the Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission
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________ is a kind of talking that is used to stall legislation.
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Chubbing
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The belief that political authority should rest with the people themselves is called ________.
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Popular sovereignty
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The ________ is the most important concept in the theory of pluralism.
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Group
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Individualism, such as the rugged cowboy, symbolizes a political culture that __________.
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Features a strong belief in self-eliancer
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In american political culture, economic freedom means ________.
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Capitalism
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Conservatives are more likely than liberals to support ________.
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School prayer
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A ________ is a service that people need but are usually unable to provide for themselves.
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Public good
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To gain control of the senate a party must have _______ senators.
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51
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To decrease sample error, a pollster must __________ the number of respondents.
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Increase
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The process by which a person acquires political culture and values is known as __________.
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Political partisanship
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The media tends to depend on ______ for their income.
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Advertisers
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Public polls and voting behavior indicate that men and women have ________ views on many issues.
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Very different
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Public opinion is difficult to define _____.
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Because it includes the views of many people
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Parties used the patronage system as a way to _____________.
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Build party loyalty
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Historically, __________ have been among the most powerful influences on public opinion.
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Economic concerns
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Functions of political parties include __________.
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All of the above
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For the supreme court, the president _____ the justice and the senate _____ the justice.
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Appoints; confirms
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Family, school, and the media are all agents of __________.
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Political socialization.
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Effects on opinion from the era in which one lives are called __________ effects.
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Generational
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Each of the following organizations has a liberal orientation except ________.
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The Chamber of Commerce
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Direct candidate contact with individual voters is known as __________ politics.
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Retail
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Designing a party platform involves _______. select all that apply.
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Presenting a plank on taxes, welfare reform, and veterans issues and deciding how to vote on them Presenting this plank to the party and getting people to vote on it
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Critics of pluralism have noted that __________.
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Power is concentrated in the hands of the few
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Critical consumers should watch out for surveys with ______ and other types of skewed samples.
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Self-selected respondents
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A critical election is typically associated with __________
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Party realignment
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A closed primary allows only those individuals who________ to participate.
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Are party members
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___________ regulates media ownership in the united states.
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The Federal Communications Commission
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___________ compromises workers and activists who form the party's formal and basic structure.
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The organizational party
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Public policy includes __________.
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Providing benefits for the public good, regulating the private sector, and affecting the governmental process
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________ is similar to authority and is based on position and mutual agreement.
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Legitimate Power
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If you support laissez-faire economic policies, you would generally favor __________.
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A reduction in the amount of economic regulation by the government
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While each state has two senators, members of the house are apportioned ________.
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According to the state's population
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The supreme court's power of judicial review ________.
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Enables it to declare acts of the other branches unconstitutional
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The supreme court hears cases from state courts only if they involve __________ law.
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Federal
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The supreme court has decided that the death penalty ________.
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May not be applied to those who were under 18 when they committed a crime
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The supreme court determined that the right of the press to print classified material ________.
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Is partial, and the press may print classified material only if it does not compromise troops or covert operatives
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Criminal litigation in the federal courts is handled by ________.
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U.S. Attorneys
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Courts provide a statement of the legal reasoning behind their decisions in written __________.
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Opinions
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Courts established by congress for specialized purposes are known as __________ courts.
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Legislative
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A _______________ is formed by an interest group to donate campaign funds to political candidates.
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Political action committee
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Partisan loyalty is likely to be highest in the election of ________.
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The president.
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Partisan __________ is the difference between the parties.
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Polarization
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_____ may not contribute directly (or coordinate with) individual political candidates.
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Super PACs
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In 2012, about _____ percent of americans identified themselves as __________.
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23; liberals
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Potential voters are most interested in __________.
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State elections, when a governor and state representatives are selected
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Because heads of several executive agencies are elected independently of the governor, __________.
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There is potential for conflict in the executive branch
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Approximately ________ lobbyists are currently registered with congress.
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12,000
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A party's ________ contains its philosophy, principles, and policy positions.
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Platform
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According to pluralists, interest groups __________.
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All of the above
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The _____ society did not have a centralized government.
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Pastoral
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Recent polls show that over _____ percent of registered voters identify as independents.
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40
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Campaigns focus on their __________ efforts in the last days before the general election.
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Get out and VOTE
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Survey data demonstrates that the level of americans political knowledge is ________.
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Low and spotty
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In the united states, interest groups can be found _____.
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Across the country.
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The goal of ________ is to create a favorable public image for the group.
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Public relations activities
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Pacs representing health groups gave ____ percent to republican candidates?
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55% of $160.2 million (around $88 million).
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Common cause is an example of a __________ interest group.
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Public interest
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In a direct democracy, decisions are made collectively by citizens using __________.
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Majority rule
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Lobbyists try to maintain close ties to members of congress, especially _____.
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Members of committees
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Rights of minority groups is part of the _____ party platform.
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Democrat
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Tolerance is a key democratic value because ______.
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It is a prerequisite for compromise
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Third-party candidates are better off under ________.
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Proportional representation
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The north atlantic treaty organization is an example of ________.
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A multilateral treaty.
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The military authority given to the governor by the state constitution includes __________.
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Her role as commander-in-chief of the military forces of the state, the ability to appoint an adjutant general, and the ability to mobilize the Texas National Guard to protect lives and property in the state
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The media are also known as the __________.
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Fourth estate
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The first president to be impeached was _____.
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Andrew Johnson
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The constitution requires that federal judges must __________.
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There are no constitutional requirements for being a federal judge.
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The _____ is the majority-party senator with the longest senate service.
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President pro tempore
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Liberals tend to be __________ and conservatives tend to be __________.
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Democrats, Republicans
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Campaign consultants do all of the following except ________.
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Print ballots for the election.
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The united states has____________different and separate judicial systems.
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52
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The great compromise successfully resolved differences between ________.
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Large and small states
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The governor's veto power and ability to call special sessions of the legislature __________.
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Can allow the governor to influence the legislature through the threat of those in powers
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The governor's judicial powers include the ability to __________.
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Make appointments to the Board of Pardons and Paroles
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The governor has the authority to veto a bill for up to __________.
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Ten days during a session and twenty days after adjournment.
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The ______ of the senate is mostly a ceremonial position.
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President pro tempore
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One check that the legislative branch has over the judicial branch is __________.
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Power to amend the Constitution
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An interest group filing an amicus curiae brief is an example of __________.
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Lobbying the judicial branch
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A pact between the president and the head of foreign country is called _____.
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An executive agreement
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_____ is not an expressed presidential power.
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Declaring war
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An example of a congressional enumerated power is ___________________
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A power numbered in the Constitution
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____ try to influence government policy, while ____ try to win elections.