Outline how elections offer opportunities for citizen involvement in the political process.
What will be an ideal response?
Elections offer citizens a wealth of opportunities for citizen involvement. Members of political parties recruit candidates to run for elections. Volunteers organize campaign events, including fundraisers, rallies, and neighborhood leafleting; online volunteers distribute information to online communities; phone bank volunteers try to persuade others to participate; and other volunteers focus on GOTV (get-out-the-vote) activities such as voter registration drives, registering voters, and providing absentee ballots.
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The midterm loss effect implies that ______.
a. incumbent politicians are more likely to win midterm elections b. the president’s popularity is likely to be high at the time of the midterm elections c. members of Congress belonging to the president’s party are likely to lose midterm elections d. strategic politicians should not pay attention to this phenomenon e. first time aspirants to political office are most likely to win during midterm elections
___ Federal laws define how candidates get on the ballot and how winners are determined
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The Warren Court was categorized as being extraordinarily
A) activist and innovative. B) conservative. C) a practitioner of judicial restraint. D) a strict constructionist Court. E) unknown.
In an individualist society, the welfare of society is best served by letting people pursue their own economic self-interest.
a. true b. false