The president's real ability to persuade Congress often rests on which of the following?
A) personal popularity of the president
B) the president's formal powers
C) the president's informal powers
D) the president's veto powers
E) his wife's appeal
A
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State and local governments have many powers. What is the one power they do NOT have?
a. They have the power to tax. b. They have the power to regulate commerce. c. They have the power pass laws and carry them out. d. They have the power to declare war if they are attacked.
With respect to constructing survey questions, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT:
a. Respondents often give opinions on subjects about which they know little or nothing. b. Questions should not be ambiguous. c. Similar questions can yield surprisingly different answers. d. The order in which questions are asked can change the results. e. Surveys tend to underestimate the racial tolerance of the American people.
In many states and counties, judges have to stand in a retention election, which is a special election
a. to decide if a court, like family court, should be retained. b. to decide if judges in a particular state or county should have term limits. c. in which the members of the legislative assembly vote to keep or remove a sitting judge. d. in which citizens vote to keep or remove a sitting judge.
Who have been the only two women to serve as governor of Texas?
A. Susan Combs and Christi Craddick B. Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson and Ann Richards C. Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Wendy Davis D. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Annie Webb Blanton