When citizens circulate petitions to gather a certain minimum number of signatures to put a policy question on the ballot, it is called a(n)

A) ?initiative.
B) ?referendum.
C) runoff.
D) ?recall.
E) election.


A

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A. technological accumulation B. falling per capita incomes C. increasing skills in the population D. switching from manufacturing to service industries

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a. Completely totalitarian b. Completely authoritarian c. Semi-authoritarian and semi-democratic d. Fully democratic e. Anarchic

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A public opinion poll for a national survey will generally include how many randomly selected respondents?

a. between 500 and 1,000 b. between 500 and 1,500 c. between 1,000 and 1,500 d. between 1,500 and 2,000

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