Political parties and candidates tend to focus the least amount of attention on which type of issues?
a. Position issues
b. Valence issues
c. Polarized issues
d. Swing issues
b. Valence issues (These issues are political issues where voters usually share a common preference.)
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Which institution was created in 1913 to ensure the stability of the economy?
a. Federal Reserve Board (The Fed) b. The Congressional Budget Office c. The White House's Office of Management d. The Treasury e. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
__________ is a process that allows legislatures to put certain issues on the ballot for citizen approval and requires legislatures to seek citizen approval for certain actions by the legislature
A) The New England town meeting B) The recall C) The initiative D) The referendum E) A retention election
Publius acknowledged that a republican government assumes that the citizenry has
a. diverse opinions on national policies. b. too few factions for interest groups to be a problem. c. too little education to make wise decisions. d. selfish motives. e. sufficient virtue for self government.
Which of the following is a major means of acquiring weapons for nonstate actors?
a. States furnish their weapons. b. They steal or capture them. c. They buy them on the open market of the international arms trade. d. all of the above