The large number of initiatives on California ballots is best explained by

a. a reduction in the number of signatures required to qualify for the ballot.
b. the encouragement of state legislators.
c. gridlock between the governor and legislators.
d. the opportunism of special interests.


D

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Former U.S. Speaker of the House, Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, once declared, "All politics is local." Which of the following is inferred from this statement?

a. Politics takes place entirely at the local level. b. The effect of locally based groups on public policy at the local level is minimal. c. Local politics seldom has an effect on national politics. d. Government at the grass roots level is the fountainhead of state, national, and global politics.

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In a repeated-measures design, the single largest contributing factor to error variance has been removed. What is that factor?

A) individual differences B) experimenter effects C) participant bias effects D) measurement error

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In the 19th century, the Senate had both the motive and the means to defend state prerogatives against national encroachment because of which of the following?

a. The executive branch was more prominent than it is today. b. The members of each state’s delegation to the House of Representatives chose the senators. c. State legislatures chose senators and each state had equal representation in the Senate regardless of population. d. The Civil War had not yet happened.

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