Direct initiatives are distinguished by the fact that
a. the legislatures vote directly on citizens' proposals.
b. proposals are placed directly on the general election ballot.
c. the secretary of state must certify that sufficient signatures exist to permit immediate adoption.
d. the courts must decide that the proposals are consistent with federal law before they are adopted.
b
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Which of the following is true about opinion leaders?
A. They are limited to the media elite who tell individuals how they should think. B. They pay close attention to political issues and from them the uninformed take cues. C. They are those who agree with the majority. D. They are politicians who are able to gauge public opinion without using polls.
The three major ethnic/religious groups in Iraq are the ________, ________, and ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Regular elections, broad suffrage, freedom of speech and the press, and freedom to join or form political organizations are significant because
a. they ensure that government leaders can simply do their jobs without worrying about public opinion. b. they mean that government leaders always know precisely what the public’s opinion is. c. they compel government leaders to take the public’s opinion into account if they want to keep their jobs. d. they are mechanisms through which the government distracts the public from policy.
A group formed primarily to pursue both social equality and economic goals is a(n)
a. noneconomic group. b. government group. c. political group. d. economic group. e. mixed group.