Which of the following refers to the way that votes are translated into seats. The mechanical effect of all electoral systems systematically punishes small parties and rewards large parties?
A. freezing hypothesis
B. Duverger’s theory
C. mechanical effect of electoral laws
D. strategic effect of electoral laws
C. mechanical effect of electoral laws
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Public bureaucracies must be more ____________ than private ones
a. profitable b. open c. secretive d. independent
When speaking about government, someone is really speaking about __________.
A. politics B. public institutions C. economics D. sociology
The number of judges on the Supreme Court is determined by
a. Congress. b. the Constitution. c. the electorate. d. the president. e. the size of the general population.
As a well-informed citizen living in Texas in the 19th century after the Civil War, what is William likely to find in the newspapers?
a. newspapers resorting to sensationalism and yellow journalism b. outspoken stances on social issues like women's suffrage c. partisanship by the press along political lines d. a lack of political or product advertising in the newspapers