Which of the following reserves seats in a particular body for the party that finishes second in a district election?
a. A run-off election
b. Principle of the first minority
c. Primary election
d. Secondary election
e. Hybrid electoral system
B
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State party organizations no longer provide candidates with professional services such as direct mail assistance and access to campaign consultants
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Congressional district boundaries are typically drawn by which of the following?
a. The Supreme Court. b. The U. S. Senate. c. The House of Representatives. d. The state legislatures. e. The attorney general of the United States.
What do critics of the living-constitution theory contend?
A) It reduces constitutional interpretation to the judge's personal understanding of the meaning of American history. B) The Constitution is a short document that left many issues undecided and used ambiguous language in order to win ratification, making a literal reading difficult. C) Many issues upon which the courts must render decisions were never contemplated by those who wrote the Constitution. D) Very few issues of constitutionality are as simple as the readers of the living-constitution theory make them out to be. E) Judges are often too partisan to interpret the constitution in any other way but its original intent.
In general elections, studies have indicated that party identification __________
a. does not influence voting decisions b. typically plays a much smaller role than in primary elections c. is always less important than considerations about the personal characteristics of candidates in determining voting patterns d. plays a large role in determining voters' choices