Why would a candidate accept public financing, and why would he or she decline it?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Discuss the benefits of accepting public financing. For instance, public funds did provide enough money to run campaigns. It was also possible to stick to spending limits because other entities such as political parties, interest groups, unions, and corporations could all spend money on the campaigns as well.
2, Discuss how candidates such as Barack Obama have refused public funding because of the ability to raise large sums of money. Without this restriction, candidates can raise much more money than if they accepted public funding.
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In _________________, the Supreme Court struck down the plans of public school districts in Seattle, Washington and Louisville, Kentucky to create a degree of racial balance between whites and nonwhites in their public high schools by basing student admissions in part on racial criteria
a. Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 (2007) b. Brown v. Board of Education (1954) c. DeFunis v. Odegaard (1974) d. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
Which of the following is most accurate about the military capabilities of LDCs?
a. They are becoming increasingly more sophisticated. b. Almost all LDCs have realized the folly of their ways and are reducing their military expenditures. c. None is close to attaining nuclear capabilities. d. Several have already acquired nuclear weapons.
States with a competitive party system tend to __________ than other states
a. be less corrupt b. be more remote from the public c. have less interest-group influence d. have a stronger ideological focus
Upon taking office in 2009, which of the following did President Obama advocate to deal with the economic crisis?
a. dropping interest rates b. increasing government spending c. lowering taxes d. raising interest rates