The dealignment era that followed the New Deal coalition was triggered by which of the following developments?
a. Democratic Party support for civil rights and equal rights, and opposition to the Vietnam War
b. the historic victory of the Republicans in the congressional elections of 1994
c. Republican Party support for industrial workers and farm laborers
d. fierce debate about the doctrine of separation of church and state, which the Republicans supported
a
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Issue areas that lend themselves to coalition-building between parties and interest groups are those areas that are a. policy-centered
b. centered on partisan politics. c. covered by the First Amendment. d. narrow and factional.
A reverse wave of democratization occurs when
a. regime transition in one country sparks a parallel regime transition in a neighboring or similar country. b. there is a sizable reduction in the number of democracies globally. c. a non-democratic political system becomes more open and less repressive. d. one type of political system changes to another. e. a non-democratic system rapidly collapses.
The phenomenon that occurs when a group grows large enough to change the political balance in the electorate is referred to as
A) realignment. B) dealignment. C) ?swinging. D) tipping.
"If X occurs, Y will probably occur" is an example of a(n)
A) Contingency. B) Hypothetical scientific probability. C) Observation. D) Hypothesis.