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Introduction to Political Science MCQ

1. Currently, ________ states have agreed to the compact specified by the national popular vote plan.

Answer

Correct Answer: 10

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2. Contemporary local, state, and national campaigns increasingly rely on __________.

Professional campaign consultants

Political parties

Money from foreign countries

Door-to-door visits by candidates

Answer

Correct Answer: Professional campaign consultants

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3. The ruling reached by the u.s. supreme court in smith v. allwright __________.

Amateurish and unsophisticated

They seldom speak about specific programs

Brought to an end the white primary by declaring it unconstitutional

Voters tend to be more ideological than the general public.

Answer

Correct Answer: Brought to an end the white primary by declaring it unconstitutional

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4. The ________ party originated from internal mobilization.

Institutional

Jeffersonian

Republican

Economic

Answer

Correct Answer: Institutional

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5. Low voter turnout and political apathy endanger ________.

Democracy

Republic

Liberty

Authoritarian

Answer

Correct Answer: Democracy

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6. ________ is the niche leader inside the beltway.

Conservatives

Politico

Delegate

Partisan

Answer

Correct Answer: Politico

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7. A lobbyist for the nra would be most effective when targeting a legislator ___________.

Majority leader

Whose voting behavior supports gun control

Two, six

Answer

Correct Answer: Whose voting behavior supports gun control

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8. In 2012, about ________ percent of latino americans voted for barack obama.

Answer

Correct Answer: 70

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9. Over 90 percent of the texas prisoners are male, and the average age of prisoners is only ________.

25.

30.

18.

38.

Answer

Correct Answer: 38.

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10. Equality of result policies are primarily directed at ________ discriminatory effects.

De facto.

New Jersey

Racial discrimination

Seneca Falls, New York.

Answer

Correct Answer: De facto.

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11. ________ ushered in the tax revolt and the deregulation of many government policies in the 1980s.

They can directly transmit unedited messages to their followers without having their content altered by the mainstream press.

Ronald Reagan

Conservative

Fact that group membership never fully explains all of an individual's political views

Answer

Correct Answer: Ronald Reagan

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12. ________ led the exposure of the watergate scandal.

Journalists at the Washington Post

Journalists at the Boston Globe

Journalists at the Indianapolis Star

Journalists at the Los Angeles Times

Journalists at the Miami Herald

Answer

Correct Answer: Journalists at the Washington Post

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13. ________ develops when the winner of an electoral race obtains more votes than any other candidate.

The majority system

The plurality system

Proportional representation

The winner-take-all system

The spoils system

Answer

Correct Answer: The plurality system

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14. The __________ guaranteed the rights of individual union members when dealing with their union.

Wagner Act

Landrum-Griffin Act

Norris-LaGuardia Act

Taft-Hartley Act

Answer

Correct Answer: Landrum-Griffin Act

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15. Approximately ________ percent of senate incumbents win reelection.90

Challengers than for incumbents

Answer

Correct Answer: 84

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16. Three types of factors ______ influence the decisions of voters at the polls:

Partisan loyalty, issues,

Public interest groups

Business

Professional associations

Answer

Correct Answer: Partisan loyalty, issues,

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17. The vietnam war initiated the growth of ________ journalism.

Local

Symbiotic

Collaborative

Adversarial

Answer

Correct Answer: Adversarial

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18. The united states began its tradition of the ________ during the early nineteenth century.

Political faction

Single-party mandate

Proportional representation

Two-party system.

Answer

Correct Answer: Two-party system.

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19. The typical margin of error in a sample survey of 1,500 respondents is ________.

3 percent.

0.1.

0.5.

1.0.

2.5.

Answer

Correct Answer: 3 percent.

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20. The selection of delegates to the national convention produces _____.

Conflict in each party.

The constitution

States

Popular vote

Answer

Correct Answer: Conflict in each party.

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21. The new deal coalition was severely strained and ultimately broken apart by the ________.

Vietnam War and the issue of civil rights

War of 1812

Barry Goldwater

South

Answer

Correct Answer: Vietnam War and the issue of civil rights

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22. The first prerequisite to increasing political efficacy is ________.

Liberty and political rights

Increasing political knowledge

Citizens are informed

The number of people in charge

Answer

Correct Answer: Increasing political knowledge

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23. People who attract followers, including mahatma gandhi and martin luther king, display ________

Charismatic authority

State capitalism

Welfare capitalism

Authoritarianism

Answer

Correct Answer: Charismatic authority

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24. Pacs are most likely to allocate their campaign contributions to __________.

Congressional candidates.

Trial balloons

Sound bites

Beats

Answer

Correct Answer: Congressional candidates.

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25. One of the most basic methods of canvassing is __________.

Congressional candidates

They may not even mention the sponsor of the ads except as required.

Going door to door to solicit voters

Staging media events

Answer

Correct Answer: Going door to door to solicit voters

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26. In the 1800s, newspapers and other organizations used __________ polls to assess public opinion.

Straw

Tracking

Exit

Opinion

Push

Answer

Correct Answer: Straw

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27. In a capitalist economic system, "justice" amounts to ________

Freedom of the marketplace allowing people to follow their self-interest

Meeting the basic needs of all.

Special-interest group.

Tertiary sector.

Answer

Correct Answer: Freedom of the marketplace allowing people to follow their self-interest

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28. In 1948, election night polls showed that ________ would win the presidential election.

Adlai Stevenson

Harry Truman

Franklin Roosevelt

Thomas Deweye.

Answer

Correct Answer: Thomas Deweye.

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29. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, political machines provided __________.

Protestant, male, annual income over $75,000

Housing, employment, and food

Running candidates

Black, female, from the Northeast

Answer

Correct Answer: Housing, employment, and food

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30. Approximately ________ percent of young people voted for barack obama in 2012.

Answer

Correct Answer: 60

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31. Approximately ________ percent of eligible voters turn out for midterm congressional elections.

Education level.

Psychological effect

Republicans

Digital citizenship

Answer

Correct Answer: Education level.

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32. Approximately ________ percent of americans lack high-speed internet access in their homes.

Answer

Correct Answer: 20

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33. Approximately ________ percent of african americans voted for barack obama in 2008.

Answer

Correct Answer: 95

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34. An individual?s psychological attachment to one party or another is called a party ________.

Identification

Partisanship and voting

National Convention

Primaries

Answer

Correct Answer: Identification

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35. _________ are the most loyal demographic constituency to the democratic party.

African American

Win elections

Majority Vote

Realignment

Answer

Correct Answer: African American

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36. ________ is one of the most important mechanisms for promoting equality of opportunity.

Political ideology

Public opinion

Political socialization

Equality of opportunity

Answer

Correct Answer: Equality of opportunity

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37. Prisoners who are challenging their convictions are most likely to seek a writ of ________.

Habeas corpus (607)

Civil law (604)

Criminal law (603)

Due process of law (607)

Answer

Correct Answer: Habeas corpus (607)

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38. Justice potter stewart was talking about ________ when he declared "i know it when i see it."

Antifederalists

Pornography

Lawsuits

Racial

Answer

Correct Answer: Pornography

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39. A ____ is a nonprofit independent group that receives and disburses funds to influence elections.

Upper income

National

Democratic

501c(4) committees.

Answer

Correct Answer: 501c(4) committees.

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40. The united states was the __________ nation to adopt a federal system of government

First

Fifth

Third

Answer

Correct Answer: First

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41. The united states rebelled against a _____ government.

Unitary

Confederation

Loosely coupled federation

Federal

Answer

Correct Answer: Unitary

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42. The teller amendment stated that _____.

The United States could not go to war

The United States could not develop colonies

The United States could not annex Cuba

Spain had no right to mistreat the people of Cuba

Answer

Correct Answer: The United States could not annex Cuba

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43. The right to vote is known as suffrage, or ____.

Post desert storm

Franchise

The electorate

The Federal Government taking less of a role in protecting suffrage rights

Answer

Correct Answer: Franchise

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44. The right of each citizen to vote is an example of ________.

Idea of limited government.

School desegregation

To coin their own money

Political equality

Articles of Confederation

Answer

Correct Answer: Political equality

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45. The relationship between income and voting generally shows a _______ result.

Positive

Negative

Neutral

Answer

Correct Answer: Positive

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46. The presidency of john tyler is significant because _____.

He was the first Vice President to succeed to the presidency.

The election is decided by a vote in the house of representatives

To help develop peaceful uses for the exploration of outer space.

The u.s constitution must be amended

Answer

Correct Answer: He was the first Vice President to succeed to the presidency.

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47. The party that usually gets the most votes is the party that ______.

Best appeals to moderate voters

Best appeals to its base

Best presidency

Answer

Correct Answer: Best appeals to moderate voters

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48. The new politics movement gave rise to ________ groups.

A legislative committee an interest group an a executive agency

Staff organization

Public interest

Material benefit

Answer

Correct Answer: Public interest

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49. The governor's veto power is part of ________________________

The government's checks and balances.

History of Obamacare/Affordable Care Act

Which head of agencies is appointed by the governor

Brown v. Board of Education impact on TX education

Answer

Correct Answer: The government's checks and balances.

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50. The geography hypothesis states ____________.

Prosperity may affect a country's geography.

Geography has a common effect on prosperity in all countries.

Ecology is a proximate cause of prosperity.

Geography is responsible for differences in prosperity.

Answer

Correct Answer: Geography is responsible for differences in prosperity.

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51. The "unwritten constitution" includes the practice of __________.

Those processes of our government that are considered an essential part of the system yet they are not actually in the Constitution

The body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president

Originally, electors voted on their own.

1824 - Popular vote used

Answer

Correct Answer: Those processes of our government that are considered an essential part of the system yet they are not actually in the Constitution

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52. The _____ party system witnessed the birth of modern party politics.

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Answer

Correct Answer: Second

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53. States with the largest populations _____

Send more representatives to the House

Senators generally need a wide range of knowledge.

Answer

Correct Answer: Send more representatives to the House

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54. Reported voter turnout _ as age __.

Increases; decreases

Increases; increases

Decreases; increases

Decreases; decreases

Answer

Correct Answer: Increases; increases

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55. Pure market economies always _____.

Divide work along gender lines

Base economic decisions on exchange, or trade

Make fair or efficient decisions or allow for growth

Allow the central government to make economic decisions

Answer

Correct Answer: Base economic decisions on exchange, or trade

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56. Policy formulation is a step in the _____.

Policy cycle

Policy process

Policy making process

Policy dance

Answer

Correct Answer: Policy cycle

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57. Parties help to overcome the problem of _______ created by the constitution

Fragmented government

Representation

Redistricting

The two-party system.

Answer

Correct Answer: Fragmented government

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58. Much of the national news that is published in local newspapers is provided by ________.

UPI

CNN

The Associated Press

National Public Radioc

Answer

Correct Answer: The Associated Press

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59. Most countries in the world have a __________ form of government.

Unitary.

Confederal.

Federal

Authoritarian.

Bicameral.

Answer

Correct Answer: Unitary.

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60. Interest groups are also known as _____.

To shape public opinion

Pressure groups

Win contracts

Their own members

Answer

Correct Answer: Pressure groups

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61. Interest groups are _____ organizations

Political candidates

All voters

Interest groups.

Private

Answer

Correct Answer: Private

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62. In some forms of government, the head of state is called the _____.

Chancellor

Standing army

Not romans first code of law

Province

Answer

Correct Answer: Chancellor

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63. In a totalitarian government, ______.

Authorities maintain total control over the lives of the people

Authorities want total agreement between elected officials

Authorities require total participation in elections

The government is totally controlled by the aristocracy

Answer

Correct Answer: Authorities maintain total control over the lives of the people

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64. In a democracy, elections enable individuals to __________.

Prove the saying that "it doesn't matter who gets elected."

Control their leaders and provide judgment on past actions.

Support certain interest groups and political action committees.

Place grand expectations on the media and politicians.

Vote for their preferred politicians and issues

Answer

Correct Answer: Control their leaders and provide judgment on past actions.

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65. Elections are important to democracies because __________

They allow citizens the opportunity to reward and punish office holders seeking reelection.

The national committee and its chair

Federal Election Comission

There has been an increase in the # of independents since the 1950s

Answer

Correct Answer: They allow citizens the opportunity to reward and punish office holders seeking reelection.

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66. Each state is divided into _____ for representation in the house of representatives.

Egions

Districts

Branches

Provinces

Answer

Correct Answer: Districts

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67. Compared with western europe, the united states has a(n) ________ turnout in elections.

Lower

Higher

Same

Answer

Correct Answer: Lower

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68. A decrease in political knowledge will likely cause __________.

A decrease in taxes

A decrease in political participation

An increase in the likelihood that someone will participate in a political campaign

An increase in the likelihood that someone will vote

Answer

Correct Answer: A decrease in political participation

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69. A core function of political parties is __________.

Nominating candidates ·

Educating the electorate about campaign issues

Helping candidates win elections

Answer

Correct Answer: Nominating candidates ·

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70. _________ are federal trial courts at the bottom of the federal judicial hierarchy.

District (trial) courts

Civil courts

Traffic courts

Legislative courts

Intermediate appellate courts

Answer

Correct Answer: District (trial) courts

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71. ________ was the first first lady to seek public office on her own.

Hilary Clinton

Michelle Obama

Answer

Correct Answer: Hilary Clinton

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72. ________ was known as the "great communicator."

FDR

Bill Clinton

JFK

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

Answer

Correct Answer: Ronald Reagan

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73. _____ is system of government by privileged citizens or the upper class.

Democracy

Jurisdiction

Aristocracy

Monarchy

Answer

Correct Answer: Aristocracy

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74. In a _________, independent states grant powers to a national government.

Unitary system

Confederal system

Federal system

Proportional system

Answer

Correct Answer: Confederal system

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75. Persons living in a state for a short period of time are sometimes called ____.

Purging

Transients

Suffrage

Poll books

Answer

Correct Answer: Transients

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76. People need to have _____ in the economy to spend money.

Less disposable income

Confidence

Purchasing power

Answer

Correct Answer: Confidence

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77. Political parties are expected to serve the interests of _____

Political candidates

All voters

Interest groups

Private organizations

Answer

Correct Answer: All voters

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78. Presidential power is vaguely defined in _____ of the constitution.

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Answer

Correct Answer: Article 2

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79. Political and voting differences between men and women are known as the ____ gap.

Gender gap

Language gap

Citizen Gap

Voting Gap

Answer

Correct Answer: Gender gap

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80. Nomination campaigns __________.

Involve candidates of the same political party

Can become too ideologically extreme

Federal Election Commission

Barry Goldwater

Answer

Correct Answer: Involve candidates of the same political party

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81. People who are strongly loyal to a given party have strong ____.

Party identification

Straight-ticket voting

Franchise

Preclearance

Answer

Correct Answer: Straight-ticket voting

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82. Boycotting and picketing are examples of __________.

Illegal political participation

Civil disobedience

Radical political participation

Unconventional political participation

Answer

Correct Answer: Unconventional political participation

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83. Proponents of the ?devolution revolution? argue that __________.

The authority of state governments should be expanded

Marble cake

Powers not specifically delegated to state government by the Constitution

Supremacy

Answer

Correct Answer: The authority of state governments should be expanded

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84. Over the last thirty years, media ownership has __________.

Become more consolidated

To overcome the free rider problem

The airwaves are public property

Media effects

Answer

Correct Answer: Become more consolidated

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85. Historically, vice presidential candidates have often been chosen to __________.

Help set the president’s agenda

Mentor the president

Placate symbolic constituency

Ensure that the president’s party will have a good chance of winning the next presidential election

Answer

Correct Answer: Placate symbolic constituency

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86. When comparing the house of representatives and the senate, _____.

Special interest groups can get Senators to submit legislation but not House Representatives

All of their legislation is subject to both Presidential veto and judicial review

They both submit legislation, pass laws and offer amendments

They both have legislators elected for four year terms

Answer

Correct Answer: Special interest groups can get Senators to submit legislation but not House Representatives

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87. Within a constitutional government, those who govern __________.

Are expected to follow the same laws as the citizens

Their experiences under British rule

It stated that the King was not above the law

Checks and balances

Answer

Correct Answer: Are expected to follow the same laws as the citizens

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88. A party must have _____ to have a case heard by the supreme court.

Standing

A legitimate controversy

A case that is relevant (not moot)

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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89. Voters in a district who elect a public servant are known as a(n) _____.

Community

Political party

Administration

Constituency

Answer

Correct Answer: Constituency

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90. Voter participation in texas is _____________________ in the united states.

The lowest

Th highest

Moderate

Answer

Correct Answer: The lowest

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91. The electoral college system favors __________.

Small states

Large states

Medium states

Answer

Correct Answer: Small states

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92. Political parties first _____ to nominate presidential candidates

Congressional caucuses

Small states

Large states

Medium states

Answer

Correct Answer: Congressional caucuses

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93. Toll goods differ from public goods in that ________.

They provide special access to some and not all

They require the payment of a fee up front

They provide a service for only the wealthy

They are free and available to all

Answer

Correct Answer: They require the payment of a fee up front

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94. The most effective way for organized groups to shape public opinion is by _____.

Using the mass media

Small states

Large states

Medium states

Answer

Correct Answer: Using the mass media

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95. Stages in the public policy process include __________.

Identification of an issue, formulation, and implementation

The limited administrative control over most agencies by the governor

The small size and high level of centralization of state government

Laws prohibiting interest groups from contact with bureaucratic agencies

Answer

Correct Answer: Identification of an issue, formulation, and implementation

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96. Potential problems with the bureaucracy in texas are compounded by __________.

The fact that the legislature meets too often—every year in sessions lasting 200 days

The limited administrative control over most agencies by the governor

The small size and high level of centralization of state government

Laws prohibiting interest groups from contact with bureaucratic agencies

Answer

Correct Answer: The limited administrative control over most agencies by the governor

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97. After implementing a public policy, it is essential to _____ it.

Terminate

Continue

Vote on

Evaluate

Answer

Correct Answer: Evaluate

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98. In standing by precedent, a judge relies on the principle of ________.

Stare decisis

Amicus curiae

Judicial activism

Laissez-faire

Answer

Correct Answer: Stare decisis

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99. Workers in a bureaucracy understand what is expected of them because of a system of _____.

Conflict reduction

Formalized rules

Job specialization

Decision making

Answer

Correct Answer: Formalized rules

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100. With ________, a court has jurisdiction over the parties to the lawsuit.

In rem jurisdiction

Quasi in rem jurisdiction

In personam jurisdiction

Sua sponte

Answer

Correct Answer: In personam jurisdiction

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101. While the spoils system , its principal drawback was that .

Strengthened political parties; appointees often lacked experience

The limited administrative control over most agencies by the governor

The small size and high level of centralization of state government

Laws prohibiting interest groups from contact with bureaucratic agencies

Answer

Correct Answer: Strengthened political parties; appointees often lacked experience

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102. Voter turnout is commonly higher in than in .

State elections; presidential elections

Local elections; presidential elections

Local elections; Congressional elections

Primary elections; general elections

Presidential elections; midterm elections

Answer

Correct Answer: Presidential elections; midterm elections

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103. There are ______ u.s. district courts.

Thirteen

Ninety-four

Fifty

Ninety-nine

Answer

Correct Answer: Ninety-four

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104. The third amendment can be thought of as ________.

Reinforcing the right to keep and bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment

Ensuring the right to freedom of the press

Forming part of a broader conception of privacy in the home that is also protected by the Second and Fourth Amendments

Strengthening the right to a jury trial in criminal cases

Answer

Correct Answer: 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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105. The senate has rejected the president's appointment of a cabinet member _____.

Rarely

Frequently

Every session

Only once

Answer

Correct Answer: Rarely

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106. The right to remain silent is guaranteed by the ________ amendment.

Fifth

Second

First

Third

Answer

Correct Answer: Fifth

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107. The right to privacy has been controversial for all the following reasons except ________.

It is not explicitly included in the constitution or bill of rights

We have rights that are not written in Constitution enumerated rights, that may not be mentioned

Forming part of a broader conception of privacy in the home that is also protected by the Second and Fourth Amendments

Strengthening the right to a jury trial in criminal cases

Answer

Correct Answer: It is not explicitly included in the constitution or bill of rights

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108. The press has the greatest impact on public opinion regarding __________.

National disasters

Events in foreign countries

Elections and campaigns

Crime and punitive law

Local corruption

Answer

Correct Answer: Events in foreign countries

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109. The president pro tempore in the senate is _______ the majority and minority leaders.

Senator

Fifth

Second

First

Answer

Correct Answer: Senator

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110. The president and the senate appoint a u.s. attorney for each _____.

Federal judicial district

Local township

Federal judicial circuit

State capital

Answer

Correct Answer: Federal judicial district

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111. The ninth amendments states that _____

We have rights that are not written in Constitution enumerated rights, that may not be mentioned

It is not explicitly included in the constitution or bill of rights

Ensuring the right to freedom of the press

Forming part of a broader conception of privacy in the home that is also protected by the Second and Fourth Amendments

Strengthening the right to a jury trial in criminal cases

Answer

Correct Answer: We have rights that are not written in Constitution enumerated rights, that may not be mentioned

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112. The spoils system allocated political appointments on the basis of ________.

Party loyalty

Merit

Background

Specialized education

Answer

Correct Answer: Party loyalty

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113. The _______________function of the court is concerned with the day-to-day processing of cases.

Bureaucratic

Court

Crime control

Answer

Correct Answer: Bureaucratic

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114. States retained the power to regulate _____ commerce.

Intrastate

Bureaucratic

Court

Crime control

Answer

Correct Answer: Intrastate

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115. Presidential electors were chosen to represent the interests of their _____.

Parties

Districts

States

Candidates

Answer

Correct Answer: States

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116. Presidential approval ratings ________ over a president's term of office.

Increase

Decline

Stay relatively stable

Seesaw

Answer

Correct Answer: Decline

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117. President bill clinton's original last name was _____.

Blythe

Increased

Decreased

Equalized

Answer

Correct Answer: Blythe

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118. President _____ marks the beginning of the fourth party system in the united states.

Theodore Roosevelt

Increased

Decreased

Equalized

Answer

Correct Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

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119. Political appointees in the federal bureaucracy __________.

Generally leave their post at the end of the president's term in office

A combination of the trustee model and instructed delegate model

Mostly the instructed delegate model

The instructed delegate model

Answer

Correct Answer: Generally leave their post at the end of the president's term in office

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120. Over time, americans' expectations of government have generally __________.

Increased

Decreased

Equalized

Answer

Correct Answer: Increased

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121. Most representatives in congress employ ________ in their approach to governance.

The trustee model

Mostly the trustee model

A combination of the trustee model and instructed delegate model

Mostly the instructed delegate model

The instructed delegate model

Answer

Correct Answer: A combination of the trustee model and instructed delegate model

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122. Most americans believe we should _______ the electoral college.

Abolish

Public Affairs

Public attitudes about sports

Social classes

Answer

Correct Answer: Abolish

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123. Issues of public opinion are only concerned with _____.

Public Affairs

Public attitudes about sports

Social classes

Personal preference for music

Answer

Correct Answer: Public Affairs

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124. In a , political parties choose their candidates to run in the _.

Primary election; general election

General election; general election

Primary election; primary election

General election; primary election

Answer

Correct Answer: Primary election; general election

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125. In the secured the right to vote for african americans.

1965; Voting Rights Act

1961; Voting Rights Act

1956; Voting Rights Act

Answer

Correct Answer: 1965; Voting Rights Act

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126. Following a decade of interstate highway building, congress created the department of _______.

Transportation

Public Affairs

Public attitudes about sports

Social classes

Answer

Correct Answer: Transportation

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127. Each of the following is a bureaucrat except _____.

The President and Vice President

An administrative assistant of a top executive

Any person who works as part of a bureaucracy

A worker at the bottom of a federal agency

Answer

Correct Answer: The President and Vice President

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128. Congress controls the bureaucracy by all of the following except _____.

Personal contributions

Public Affairs

Public attitudes about sports

Social classes

Answer

Correct Answer: Personal contributions

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129. By 2012, there were approximately ________ pacs in the united states.

5,500

4,500

5,500

Answer

Correct Answer: 5,500

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130. Authority in a bureaucracy is structured in _____ way.

A hierarchical

Public Affairs

Public attitudes about sports

Social classes

Answer

Correct Answer: A hierarchical

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131. At the beginning of an election campaign, the media tends to focus on _____.

What mistakes the loser made

Misleading statements by leaders

Who has thrown their hat in the ring

Answer

Correct Answer: Who has thrown their hat in the ring

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132. An amicus curiae brief is __________

A written argument submitted to a court in support of one side of the case

Democrats and Republicans work together in Congress

Electoral votes indicate a clear win in the presidential election

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: A written argument submitted to a court in support of one side of the case

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133. An advantage of federalism is that it allows states to __________.

Restrict civil rights for members of disliked groups

Be policy innovators

Have uniform policies

Be supreme over the national government

Answer

Correct Answer: Be policy innovators

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134. Americans trust the government more when __________.

Democrats and Republicans work together in Congress

Electoral votes indicate a clear win in the presidential election

It is not a critical election year

Their chosen political party controls the White House

There is a strong third-party candidate

Answer

Correct Answer: Their chosen political party controls the White House

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135. American citizens may belong to _____ interest groups at one time.

No more than four

As many as two

As many as three

Any number of

Answer

Correct Answer: Any number of

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136. According to the trustee model of representation, legislators are __________.

Obligated to follow a strict interpretation of the Constitution

Obligated to present the views of their constituents

Trusted by their constituents because they are natives of their home districts

Obligated to use their own opinions in decision making

Trusted to choose between their own opinions and the views of their constituents

Answer

Correct Answer: Trusted by their constituents because they are natives of their home districts

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137. According to the pluralist theory of government, ________.

Government policy is formed as a result of the competition between groups with different goals and interests

Obligated to present the views of their constituents

Trusted by their constituents because they are natives of their home districts

Obligated to use their own opinions in decision making

Trusted to choose between their own opinions and the views of their constituents

Answer

Correct Answer: Government policy is formed as a result of the competition between groups with different goals and interests

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138. Abraham lincoln _________without prior congressional approval.

Raised an army.

Spent money.

Blockaded Southern ports.

Suspended habeas corpus.

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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139. A(n) __________ refers to an organization that seeks to influence public policy.

Interest group

Institute

Administration

Faction

Corporation

Answer

Correct Answer: Interest group

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140. A(n) __________ brief is submitted by someone who is not a party to the case.

Amicus curiae

Appellate

Habeas corpus

Outsider

Coram nobis

Answer

Correct Answer: Amicus curiae

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141. A very challenging job for new presidents is to ______.

Move into the White House

Prepare and deliver their first State of the Union address

Nominate and gain confirmation for their cabinet and hundreds of other officials

Answer

Correct Answer: Nominate and gain confirmation for their cabinet and hundreds of other officials

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142. A three-fifths majority of the is required in order to .

Senate; invoke cloture and end a filibuster

Move into the White House

Prepare and deliver their first State of the Union address

Nominate and gain confirmation for their cabinet and hundreds of other officials

Answer

Correct Answer: Senate; invoke cloture and end a filibuster

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143. A state case is more likely to be heard by the federal courts when ________.

It involves a federal question

A governor requests a federal court hearing

It involves a criminal matter

The state courts are unable to come up with a decision

Answer

Correct Answer: It involves a federal question

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144. A runoff election is likely when a state uses __________ voting.

Majority

Proportional Representation (PR)

Preferential Voting

Plurality/First-Past-the-Post

Answer

Correct Answer: Majority

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145. A political party needs ________ to gain majority control of the senate.

51 Senators

32 Senators

66 Senators

23 Senators

Answer

Correct Answer: 51 Senators

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146. A congressperson who pursued a strict delegate model of representation would seek to ________.

Legislate in the way he or she believed constituents wanted, regardless of the anticipated outcome

Legislate in a way that carefully considered the circumstances and issue so as to reach a solution that is best for everyone

Legislate in a way that is best for the nation regardless of the costs for the constituents

Legislate in the way that he or she thinks is best for the constituents

Answer

Correct Answer: Legislate in the way he or she believed constituents wanted, regardless of the anticipated outcome

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147. A bureaucracy is organized like a pyramid with the head of the bureaucracy _____.

On the bottom

At the top

Between each level

In the middle

Answer

Correct Answer: At the top

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148. __elections are held to select a party's candidate for the elections.

Primary; general

Midterm; runoff

General; primary

Answer

Correct Answer: Primary; general

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149. __________ almost always win congressional elections.

Incumbents

Challengers

New entrants

Answer

Correct Answer: Incumbents

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150. __________ acted as the common government of the states between 1775 and 1781.

The First Continental Congrss

The Second Continental Congress

Parliment

The United States Supreme Court

Answer

Correct Answer: The Second Continental Congress

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151. ________ is/are most likely to understand trade issues in the united states.

The president

Members of the Senate

Career bureaucrats in the Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission

Members of the House

Federal mediators

Answer

Correct Answer: Career bureaucrats in the Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission

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152. ________ is a kind of talking that is used to stall legislation.

Chubbing

Gerrymandering

Blocking Bill

Answer

Correct Answer: Chubbing

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153. The belief that political authority should rest with the people themselves is called ________.

Equality of opportunity

Pluralism

Federalism

Popular sovereignty

Answer

Correct Answer: Popular sovereignty

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154. The ________ is the most important concept in the theory of pluralism.

Group

Public good

Cultural benefit

Cultural commodity

Answer

Correct Answer: Group

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155. Individualism, such as the rugged cowboy, symbolizes a political culture that __________.

Expects the government to always act in the interests of the common good

Exhibits a high degree of dependence on government to solve its problems

Features a strong belief in self-eliancer

Expects government to provide for its poorest citizens

Answer

Correct Answer: Features a strong belief in self-eliancer

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156. In american political culture, economic freedom means ________.

Capitalism

Public good

Cultural benefit

Cultural commodity

Answer

Correct Answer: Capitalism

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157. Conservatives are more likely than liberals to support ________.

School prayer

Public good

Cultural benefit

Cultural commodity

Answer

Correct Answer: School prayer

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158. A ________ is a service that people need but are usually unable to provide for themselves.

Public good

Cultural benefit

Cultural commodity

Answer

Correct Answer: Public good

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159. To gain control of the senate a party must have _______ senators.

Answer

Correct Answer: 51

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160. To decrease sample error, a pollster must __________ the number of respondents.

Hide

Increase

Decrease

Underrepresent

Answer

Correct Answer: Increase

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161. The process by which a person acquires political culture and values is known as __________.

Political socialization

Political partisanship

Political efficacy

Answer

Correct Answer: Political partisanship

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162. The media tends to depend on ______ for their income.

Advertisers

Political socialization

Political partisanship

Political efficacy

Answer

Correct Answer: Advertisers

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163. Public polls and voting behavior indicate that men and women have ________ views on many issues.

Very different

Very similar

Equal

Answer

Correct Answer: Very different

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164. Public opinion is difficult to define _____.

Because it concerns personal interests

Because people have very few opinions

Because it includes the views of many people

Because people don't often share their opinions

Answer

Correct Answer: Because it includes the views of many people

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165. Parties used the patronage system as a way to _____________.

Build party loyalty

Because it concerns personal interests

Because people have very few opinions

Because it includes the views of many people

Answer

Correct Answer: Build party loyalty

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166. Historically, __________ have been among the most powerful influences on public opinion.

Economic concerns

Because it concerns personal interests

Because people have very few opinions

Because it includes the views of many people

Answer

Correct Answer: Economic concerns

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167. Functions of political parties include __________.

Recruiting and nominating candidates

Educating the electorate about campaign issues

Helping candidates win elections

Monitoring actions of officeholders

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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168. For the supreme court, the president _ the justice and the senate _ the justice.

Appoints; confirms

Generational

Political socialization.

Appoints

Answer

Correct Answer: Appoints; confirms

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169. Family, school, and the media are all agents of __________.

Political socialization.

Appoints

Confirms

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Political socialization.

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170. Effects on opinion from the era in which one lives are called __________ effects.

Generational

Political socialization.

Appoints

Confirms

Answer

Correct Answer: Generational

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171. Each of the following organizations has a liberal orientation except ________.

The Sierra Club

The National Organization for Women

World Wildlife Federation

The Chamber of Commerce

Friends of the Earth

Answer

Correct Answer: The Chamber of Commerce

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172. Direct candidate contact with individual voters is known as __________ politics.

Retail

Very different

Very similar

Equal

Answer

Correct Answer: Retail

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173. Designing a party platform involves _______. select all that apply.

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

Pledging to translate these planks into laws

Encouraging party members to stand on the bus to move it forward

Making it impossible for a candidate to run if she doesn't agree with every issue on the party platform

Answer

Correct Answer: 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

Note: This question has more than 1 correct answers

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174. Critics of pluralism have noted that __________.

Government decisions reflect the balance of competing interests in society

Power is concentrated in the hands of the few

Individuals with shared grievances usually form interest groups to press their demands upon government

The formation of one group typically stimulates the formation of an opposing group

Answer

Correct Answer: Power is concentrated in the hands of the few

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175. Critical consumers should watch out for surveys with ______ and other types of skewed samples.

Self-selected respondents

Power is concentrated in the hands of the few

Individuals with shared grievances usually form interest groups to press their demands upon government

The formation of one group typically stimulates the formation of an opposing group

Answer

Correct Answer: Self-selected respondents

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176. A critical election is typically associated with __________

Dealignment

Party realignment

Correcting alignments

Secular realignment

Answer

Correct Answer: Party realignment

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177. A closed primary allows only those individuals who________ to participate.

Are registered voters

Possess a voter registration card

Are first time voters

Are party members

Answer

Correct Answer: Are party members

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178. ___________ regulates media ownership in the united states.

The Federal Communications Commission

Are registered voters

Possess a voter registration card

Are first time voters

Answer

Correct Answer: The Federal Communications Commission

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179. ___________ compromises workers and activists who form the party's formal and basic structure.

The organizational party

Are registered voters

Possess a voter registration card

Are first time voters

Answer

Correct Answer: The organizational party

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180. Public policy includes __________.

Providing benefits for the public good, regulating the private sector, and affecting the governmental process

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

Answer

Correct Answer: Providing benefits for the public good, regulating the private sector, and affecting the governmental process

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181. ________ is similar to authority and is based on position and mutual agreement.

Legitimate Power

Coercive Power

Referent power

Expert Power

Answer

Correct Answer: Legitimate Power

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182. If you support laissez-faire economic policies, you would generally favor __________.

A reduction in the amount of economic regulation by the government

Is given to it in the original constitution

Enables it to declare acts of the other branches unconstitutional

Allows it to hear cases

Establishes the three-tiered court system

Answer

Correct Answer: A reduction in the amount of economic regulation by the government

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183. While each state has two senators, members of the house are apportioned ________.

According to the state's geographic size

Based on the state's economic size

According to the state's population

Based on each state's need

Answer

Correct Answer: According to the state's population

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184. The supreme court's power of judicial review ________.

Is given to it in the original constitution

Enables it to declare acts of the other branches unconstitutional

Allows it to hear cases

Establishes the three-tiered court system

Answer

Correct Answer: Enables it to declare acts of the other branches unconstitutional

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185. The supreme court hears cases from state courts only if they involve __________ law.

Federal

Legitimate

Coercive

Referent

Answer

Correct Answer: Federal

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186. The supreme court has decided that the death penalty ________.

Is always cruel and unusual punishment

Is never cruel and unusual punishment

May be applied only to acts of terrorism

May not be applied to those who were under 18 when they committed a crime

Answer

Correct Answer: May not be applied to those who were under 18 when they committed a crime

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187. The supreme court determined that the right of the press to print classified material ________.

Is partial, and the press may print classified material only if it does not compromise troops or covert operatives

Is always cruel and unusual punishment

Is never cruel and unusual punishment

May be applied only to acts of terrorism

Answer

Correct Answer: Is partial, and the press may print classified material only if it does not compromise troops or covert operatives

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188. Criminal litigation in the federal courts is handled by ________.

U.S. Attorneys

Briefs

Regulations

Opinions

Answer

Correct Answer: U.S. Attorneys

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189. Courts provide a statement of the legal reasoning behind their decisions in written __________.

Briefs

Regulations

Opinions

Arguments

Answer

Correct Answer: Opinions

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190. Courts established by congress for specialized purposes are known as __________ courts.

Appellate

Constitutional

Legislative

Public

Answer

Correct Answer: Legislative

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191. A _______________ is formed by an interest group to donate campaign funds to political candidates.

Political action committee

Appellate

Constitutional

Legislative

Answer

Correct Answer: Political action committee

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192. Partisan loyalty is likely to be highest in the election of ________.

The president.

A state legislator.

A U.S. senator.

A governor

Answer

Correct Answer: The president.

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193. Partisan __________ is the difference between the parties.

Conservatism

Gridlock

Ideology

Polarization

Answer

Correct Answer: Polarization

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194. _____ may not contribute directly (or coordinate with) individual political candidates.

Super PACs

Bundling

Mass media

None

Answer

Correct Answer: Super PACs

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195. In 2012, about _ percent of americans identified themselves as ______.

21; radicals

23; liberals

27; liberals

23; radicals

Answer

Correct Answer: 23; liberals

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196. Potential voters are most interested in __________.

Elections where incumbents are seeking reelection

National elections, when a presidential choice is involved

State elections, when a governor and state representatives are selected

Local elections, when issues pertaining to crime and schools are being addressed.

Elections where a landslide victory seems imminent

Answer

Correct Answer: State elections, when a governor and state representatives are selected

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197. Because heads of several executive agencies are elected independently of the governor, __________.

There is potential for conflict in the executive branch

Elections where incumbents are seeking reelection

National elections, when a presidential choice is involved

State elections, when a governor and state representatives are selected

Local elections, when issues pertaining to crime and schools are being addressed.

Answer

Correct Answer: There is potential for conflict in the executive branch

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198. Approximately ________ lobbyists are currently registered with congress.

19,000

1,200

4,500

12,000

Answer

Correct Answer: 12,000

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199. A party's ________ contains its philosophy, principles, and policy positions.

Caucus

Convention

Platform

Machine

Answer

Correct Answer: Platform

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200. According to pluralists, interest groups __________.

Activity brings representation to all

Compete

Counterbalance one another in the political marketplace

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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201. The _____ society did not have a centralized government.

Pastoral

Caucus

Convention

Platform

Answer

Correct Answer: Pastoral

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202. Recent polls show that over _____ percent of registered voters identify as independents.

Answer

Correct Answer: 40

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203. Campaigns focus on their __________ efforts in the last days before the general election.

Get out and VOTE

Mainly in state capitals.

Across Washington, D.C.

Across the country

Answer

Correct Answer: Get out and VOTE

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204. Survey data demonstrates that the level of americans political knowledge is ________.

Low and spotty

Mainly in state capitals.

Across Washington, D.C.

Across the country

Answer

Correct Answer: Low and spotty

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205. In the united states, interest groups can be found _____.

Mainly in state capitals.

Across Washington, D.C.

Across the country.

Mainly in ethnic neighborhoods

Answer

Correct Answer: Across the country.

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206. The goal of ________ is to create a favorable public image for the group.

Mass mailings

Positive media coverage

Public relations activities

A focus group

Answer

Correct Answer: Public relations activities

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207. Pacs representing health groups gave ____ percent to republican candidates?

55% of $160.2 million (around $88 million).

55% of $180 million (around $88 million).

45% of $168.2 million (around $88 million

Answer

Correct Answer: 55% of $160.2 million (around $88 million).

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208. Common cause is an example of a __________ interest group.

Public interest

Ideological

Public sector

Answer

Correct Answer: Public interest

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209. In a direct democracy, decisions are made collectively by citizens using __________.

Indirect democracy

Majority rule

Enlightened representatives

Trustee representatives

Answer

Correct Answer: Majority rule

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210. Lobbyists try to maintain close ties to members of congress, especially _____.

Members of committees

Proportional representation

The plurality system

The spoils system

Answer

Correct Answer: Members of committees

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211. Rights of minority groups is part of the _____ party platform.

Democrat

Proportional representation

The plurality system

The spoils system

Answer

Correct Answer: Democrat

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212. Tolerance is a key democratic value because ______.

It is a prerequisite for compromise

Proportional representation

The plurality system

The spoils system

Answer

Correct Answer: It is a prerequisite for compromise

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213. Third-party candidates are better off under ________.

The majority system

The winner-take-all system

Proportional representation

The plurality system

The spoils system

Answer

Correct Answer: Proportional representation

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214. The north atlantic treaty organization is an example of ________.

A multilateral treaty.

The majority system

The winner-take-all system

Proportional representation

Answer

Correct Answer: A multilateral treaty.

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215. The military authority given to the governor by the state constitution includes __________.

His role as commander-in-chief of the military forces of the state, the ability to declare wars on other countries, and the ability to mobilize troops to protect Texas.

The ability to appoint an adjutant general and to declare war on other states to protect lives and property in Texas by mobilizing the Texas National Guard.

Her role as the commander-in-chief of the military forces of the state and the ability to mobilize the Texas National Guard to protect lives and property anywhere in the United States.

The ability to override the president's use of the Texas National Guard when the needs of the state of Texas warrant it and the ability to appoint an adjutant general.

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

Answer

Correct Answer: 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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216. The media are also known as the __________.

Fourth estate

Fourth leg

Paper empire

Third party

Civic watcher

Answer

Correct Answer: Fourth estate

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217. The first president to be impeached was _____.

Charles Sumner

Andrew Johnson

Edwin Stanton

Barak Obama

Answer

Correct Answer: Andrew Johnson

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218. The constitution requires that federal judges must __________.

At least 30 years old and a lawyer in good standing with the state bar

There are no constitutional requirements for being a federal judge.

At least 25 years old and a citizen of the United States

At least 30 years old and a resident of the specific judicial district

At least 30 years old and a citizen of the United States

Answer

Correct Answer: There are no constitutional requirements for being a federal judge.

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219. The _____ is the majority-party senator with the longest senate service.

President pro tempore

Andrew Johnson

Edwin Stanton

Barak Obama

Answer

Correct Answer: President pro tempore

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220. Liberals tend to be and conservatives tend to be .

Democrats, Republicans

Public interest; ideological

Public sector; Republicans

Democrats; ideological

Answer

Correct Answer: Democrats, Republicans

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221. Campaign consultants do all of the following except ________.

Develop the issue messages on which the candidate will focus.

Organize direct mailings.

Conduct public opinion polls.

Produce television commercials.

Print ballots for the election.

Answer

Correct Answer: Print ballots for the election.

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222. The united states has____________different and separate judicial systems.

Answer

Correct Answer: 52

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223. The great compromise successfully resolved differences between ________.

Large and small states

Slave and non-slave states

The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

The House and the Senate

Answer

Correct Answer: Large and small states

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224. The governor's veto power and ability to call special sessions of the legislature __________.

Can allow the governor to influence the legislature through the threat of those in powers

Ten days both during a session and after adjournment.

Twenty days both during a session and after adjournment.

Ten days during a session but not after adjournment

Answer

Correct Answer: Can allow the governor to influence the legislature through the threat of those in powers

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225. The governor's judicial powers include the ability to __________.

Make appointments to the Board of Pardons and Paroles

Ten days both during a session and after adjournment.

Twenty days both during a session and after adjournment.

Ten days during a session but not after adjournment

Answer

Correct Answer: Make appointments to the Board of Pardons and Paroles

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226. The governor has the authority to veto a bill for up to __________.

Ten days during a session and twenty days after adjournment.

Twenty days during a session and ten days after adjournment.

Ten days both during a session and after adjournment.

Twenty days both during a session and after adjournment.

Ten days during a session but not after adjournment

Answer

Correct Answer: Ten days during a session and twenty days after adjournment.

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227. The ______ of the senate is mostly a ceremonial position.

President pro tempore

Power to amend the Constitution

Grassroots or outside lobbying

How interest groups influence elections

Lobbying the judicial branch

Answer

Correct Answer: President pro tempore

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228. One check that the legislative branch has over the judicial branch is __________.

Power to amend the Constitution

Grassroots or outside lobbying

How interest groups influence elections

Lobbying the judicial branch

Answer

Correct Answer: Power to amend the Constitution

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229. An interest group filing an amicus curiae brief is an example of __________.

Grassroots or outside lobbying

How interest groups influence elections

Lobbying the judicial branch

Answer

Correct Answer: Lobbying the judicial branch

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230. A pact between the president and the head of foreign country is called _____.

An executive order

The Vice President shall act as President

Thomas Jefferson

An executive agreement

Answer

Correct Answer: An executive agreement

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231. _____ is not an expressed presidential power.

Granting pardons

Making treaties

Declaring war

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Declaring war

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232. An example of a congressional enumerated power is ___________________

Describes the executive branch

Voted into office directly by the people

A power numbered in the Constitution

Federal bureaucracies

Answer

Correct Answer: A power numbered in the Constitution

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233. try to influence government policy, while try to win elections.

Interest groups;Political action committees

Political action committees;Interest groups

Both

None

Answer

Correct Answer: Interest groups;Political action committees

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234. ____ is a virtue

Perseverance

Patience

Tolerance

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Tolerance

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235. A(n) ____ is the naming of a candidate who will seek election for a public office.

Nomination

Open primary

Democrat

Electorate

Answer

Correct Answer: Nomination

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236. A direct popular election _____ the electoral college system.

The electoral college

Would end

Informed citizens

Battleground states

Answer

Correct Answer: Would end

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237. ________ hears appeals from trial courts.

The highest state court.

A court of record.

An inferior trial court.

An intermediate appellate court

Answer

Correct Answer: An intermediate appellate court

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238. A ____ is where voters who live in a particular precinct actually go to vote.

Open primary

Polling place

Political action committee

Closed primary

Answer

Correct Answer: Polling place

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239. Dividing electoral districts to limit the voting strength of a particular group is known as ____.

Gerrymandering

Split-ticket voting

Electorate

Independent

Answer

Correct Answer: Gerrymandering

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240. Literary digest used ________ polls to predict the popular vote in presidential elections.

Deliberative

Representative

Exit

Tracking

Straw

Answer

Correct Answer: Straw

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241. ________ bills are one of congress’s favorite vehicles for pork-barrel spending.

Education

Veteran's affairs

Health care

Highway

Answer

Correct Answer: Highway

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242. Initially, the idea of _______ was not intended in the makeup of the u.s. political system.

Political ideology

Vanishing marginals

Shifts in public sentiment

Political parties

Answer

Correct Answer: Political parties

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243. The election of ________ was a realigning election.

1840.

1872.

1932.

1960.

1976

Answer

Correct Answer: 1932.

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244. Polls are ____ instruments for measuring public opinion.

Scientific

Equality

Liberal.

Conservative

Answer

Correct Answer: Scientific

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245. The supreme court is more likely to consider reviewing a case if _____.

It is a presidential request

It raises a constitutional question

It agrees with a lower court

It has not been tried already

Answer

Correct Answer: It raises a constitutional question

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246. The last time congress exercised its constitutional power to declare war was during ________.

World war I

World war II

Both

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: World war II

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247. The federal reserve _____ the money supply to lower inflation.

Increases

Decreases

Equalizes

Does not affect

Answer

Correct Answer: Increases

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248. The __________ is a measure of the accuracy of a public opinion poll.

Margin of error

Modal response

Sample size

Standard deviation

Answer

Correct Answer: Margin of error

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249. ________ elections tend to draw the largest percentage of voters in the u.s.

Primary

Mayoral

Congressional

Gubernatorial

Presidential

Answer

Correct Answer: Presidential

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250. _____ is a financial management function and a part of financial planning.

Understanding and allocating operational needs

Disestablishing a capital budget

Creating a long-term forecast

Establishing a strategic planning vision

Creating a short-term shipping forecast

Answer

Correct Answer: Understanding and allocating operational needs

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251. In a parliamentary system, voters directly elect _____.

The number of regulations enforced by bureaucracies tends to increase rather than decrease.

Presidential

Members of parliament and the prime minister

Answer

Correct Answer: Members of parliament and the prime minister

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252. Until 1987, in cases of extradition, _____.

Become a state

The federal government could not force a state governor to return a fugitive

National and state governments

To help ease the economic crisis

It sent army troops to help state police stop the violence

Answer

Correct Answer: The federal government could not force a state governor to return a fugitive

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253. Individuals and organizations can give an unlimited amount to ________.

Super PACs

Free rider

Logrolling

Labor groups

Answer

Correct Answer: Super PACs

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254. Pacs can contribute ____ an individual can to a candidate running for office.

Less than

More than

Both

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: More than

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255. Compared to older individuals, younger people __________.

Are more likely to view liking a group online as joining that group

Typically take up the largest percentage of state expenditures

The poverty rate in Texas exceeds the national average

Anticipate spending needs up to three years in advance

Answer

Correct Answer: Are more likely to view liking a group online as joining that group

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256. Political science researchers only conduct research to satisfy their intellectual curiosity about a subject.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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257. Research conducted by political scientists typically only appears in newspapers and magazines.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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258. Conducting empirical research is a simple process.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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259. The process by which other scholars evaluate the soundness of research before it is published is referred to as ______.

Grading

Evaluation

Peer review

Analysis

Answer

Correct Answer: Peer review

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260. Research on the neighbourhood beautification efforts and their effect on crime rates is an example of ______.

Pure research

Theoretical research

Recreational research

Applied research

Answer

Correct Answer: Applied research

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261. Not all empirical research involves the collection of numerical data, requiring statistical analysis.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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262. Theoretical research is concerned primarily with practical applications.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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263. Applied research has a fairly direct, immediate application to a real-world situation.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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264. Political science is the application of empirical research principles to the study of phenomena that are political in nature.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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265. Empirical research is a research based on the actual, “objective” observation of phenomena to achieve scientific knowledge about political phenomena.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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266. Research designed to satisfy one’s intellectual curiosity about some phenomenon is called

Empirical research

Applied research

Recreational research

All of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Recreational research

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267. Research based on actual, “objective” observation of phenomena is called

Empirical research

Applied research

Recreational research

All of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Empirical research

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268. Research designed to produce knowledge useful in altering a real-world condition or situation is called

Applied research

Mechanical research

Scientific research

None of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Applied research

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1. Currently, ________ states have agreed to the compact specified by the national popular vote plan.

2. Contemporary local, state, and national campaigns increasingly rely on __________.

3. The ruling reached by the u.s. supreme court in smith v. allwright __________.

4. The ________ party originated from internal mobilization.

5. Low voter turnout and political apathy endanger ________.

6. ________ is the niche leader inside the beltway.

7. A lobbyist for the nra would be most effective when targeting a legislator ___________.

8. In 2012, about ________ percent of latino americans voted for barack obama.

9. Over 90 percent of the texas prisoners are male, and the average age of prisoners is only ________.

10. Equality of result policies are primarily directed at ________ discriminatory effects.

11. ________ ushered in the tax revolt and the deregulation of many government policies in the 1980s.

12. ________ led the exposure of the watergate scandal.

13. ________ develops when the winner of an electoral race obtains more votes than any other candidate.

14. The __________ guaranteed the rights of individual union members when dealing with their union.

15. Approximately ________ percent of senate incumbents win reelection.90

16. Three types of factors ______ influence the decisions of voters at the polls:

17. The vietnam war initiated the growth of ________ journalism.

18. The united states began its tradition of the ________ during the early nineteenth century.

19. The typical margin of error in a sample survey of 1,500 respondents is ________.

20. The selection of delegates to the national convention produces _____.

21. The new deal coalition was severely strained and ultimately broken apart by the ________.

22. The first prerequisite to increasing political efficacy is ________.

23. People who attract followers, including mahatma gandhi and martin luther king, display ________

24. Pacs are most likely to allocate their campaign contributions to __________.

25. One of the most basic methods of canvassing is __________.

26. In the 1800s, newspapers and other organizations used __________ polls to assess public opinion.

27. In a capitalist economic system, "justice" amounts to ________

28. In 1948, election night polls showed that ________ would win the presidential election.

29. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, political machines provided __________.

30. Approximately ________ percent of young people voted for barack obama in 2012.

31. Approximately ________ percent of eligible voters turn out for midterm congressional elections.

32. Approximately ________ percent of americans lack high-speed internet access in their homes.

33. Approximately ________ percent of african americans voted for barack obama in 2008.

34. An individual?s psychological attachment to one party or another is called a party ________.

35. _________ are the most loyal demographic constituency to the democratic party.

36. ________ is one of the most important mechanisms for promoting equality of opportunity.

37. Prisoners who are challenging their convictions are most likely to seek a writ of ________.

38. Justice potter stewart was talking about ________ when he declared "i know it when i see it."

39. A ____ is a nonprofit independent group that receives and disburses funds to influence elections.

40. The united states was the __________ nation to adopt a federal system of government

41. The united states rebelled against a _____ government.

42. The teller amendment stated that _____.

43. The right to vote is known as suffrage, or ____.

44. The right of each citizen to vote is an example of ________.

45. The relationship between income and voting generally shows a _______ result.

46. The presidency of john tyler is significant because _____.

47. The party that usually gets the most votes is the party that ______.

48. The new politics movement gave rise to ________ groups.

49. The governor's veto power is part of ________________________

50. The geography hypothesis states ____________.

51. The "unwritten constitution" includes the practice of __________.

52. The _____ party system witnessed the birth of modern party politics.

53. States with the largest populations _____

54. Reported voter turnout _________ as age __________.

55. Pure market economies always _____.

56. Policy formulation is a step in the _____.

57. Parties help to overcome the problem of _______ created by the constitution

58. Much of the national news that is published in local newspapers is provided by ________.

59. Most countries in the world have a __________ form of government.

60. Interest groups are also known as _____.

61. Interest groups are _____ organizations

62. In some forms of government, the head of state is called the _____.

63. In a totalitarian government, ______.

64. In a democracy, elections enable individuals to __________.

65. Elections are important to democracies because __________

66. Each state is divided into _____ for representation in the house of representatives.

67. Compared with western europe, the united states has a(n) ________ turnout in elections.

68. A decrease in political knowledge will likely cause __________.

69. A core function of political parties is __________.

70. _________ are federal trial courts at the bottom of the federal judicial hierarchy.

71. ________ was the first first lady to seek public office on her own.

72. ________ was known as the "great communicator."

73. _____ is system of government by privileged citizens or the upper class.

74. In a _________, independent states grant powers to a national government.

75. Persons living in a state for a short period of time are sometimes called ____.

76. People need to have _____ in the economy to spend money.

77. Political parties are expected to serve the interests of _____

78. Presidential power is vaguely defined in _____ of the constitution.

79. Political and voting differences between men and women are known as the ____ gap.

54. Reported voter turnout _ as age __.

101. While the spoils system , its principal drawback was that .

102. Voter turnout is commonly higher in than in .

124. In a , political parties choose their candidates to run in the _.

125. In the secured the right to vote for african americans.

142. A three-fifths majority of the is required in order to .

148. __elections are held to select a party's candidate for the elections.