How have term limits for statewide officials affected elections around the state?
What will be an ideal response?
Term limits create a pool of experienced candidates who seek to continue their career in politics. The game of political office "musical chairs" extends to all levels of government: competition for "downticket" offices such as county boards of supervisors and big-city mayors has increased, and so has rivalry for congressional seats. About two thirds of all statewide officials will attempt to run for another office within 2 years of being termed out. Also, incumbents continue to be reelected at near-perfect rates--so the implication is that open-seat elections are more competitive, but incumbent reelections are not. There are many more open seat elections because legislators are regularly termed out, and these tend to be expensive campaigns. Furthermore, special elections are on the rise as politicians leave one office for another, creating a "domino effect" as one person leaves an office to run for another, another person leaves her post for that one, and so on.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following accurately characterizes President Clinton and his foreign policy team?
a. President Clinton came to office with considerable foreign policy experience. b. President Clinton's advisors were initially told to keep foreign policy from becoming a problem and occupying the president's time and attention. c. President Clinton's foreign policy team was largely composed of those who had served in the George H.W. Bush administration. d. President Clinton's foreign policy team was largely composed of Carter administration veterans and close friends, especially in the first term. e. Both options B and D are true.
Discuss John Locke's view of liberty and compare it to the views of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
What will be an ideal response?
In the Carnegie Mellon survey, what did respondents indicate to be the biggest problem with tweets they considered to be useless?
A. illegible B. offensive nature C. irrelevance to important issues D. lack of context