The top two industries (or "special interest groups") that contributed the most money to state campaigns in 2014 were ______.
A. labor unions and business interests
B. single-issue groups and nonprofits
C. lawyers/attorneys and top law firms
D. agriculture and party committees
Answer: A
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The effect of the Supreme Court decision in Buckley v. Valeo (1976) was that ______.
A. limits on aggregate contributions from individuals was unconstitutional B. reporting requirements and contribution limits were constitutional, but limits on spending violated the free speech protections of the First Amendment C. Congress did not have the authority to establish campaign finance laws because elections were regulated by the states D. corporations were entitled to the same free speech protections in the First Amendment as individuals
The proportion of citizens who may vote and who are not disenfranchised by a state's prohibition due to a felony conviction is called
a. voting-age population. b. voting-eligible population. c. voting-enabled population. d. voting-entitled population.
The sequence of steps in the rational model of decision-making is __________
A) clarify goals, order goals by importance, list alternatives to achieve goals, investigate consequences of alternatives, and choose the course of action B) order goals by importance, list alternatives to achieve goals, clarify goals, investigate consequences of alternatives, and choose the course of action C) list alternatives to achieve goals, order goals by importance, investigate consequences of alternatives, clarify goals, and choose the course of action D) clarify goals, list alternatives to achieve goals, investigate consequences of alternatives, order goals by importance, and choose the course of action
Which of the following is a characteristic that Wade expects of the new regime to emerge from the current crisis?
a. the removal of the role of the central bank in guaranteeing monetary stability b. an expanded mandate of central banks and ensuring they give more weight to asset prices c. a reduced mandate of central banks and preventing them from focusing too much on asset prices d. removal of third parties from the role of determining the risk characteristics of new financial products e. a prevention of financial markets from independently allocating investment capital and consumer credit between individuals