Redrawing congressional district boundaries to favor a particular group or party is known as ______.
a. reapportionment
b. redistricting
c. gerrymandering
d. franking
e. malapportionment
c. gerrymandering
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An overt response of an organism is classified as
A) an organismic variable. B) a behavioral variable. C) a replicated variable. D) a correlational variable.
Once cloture is invoked, each senator may speak on a bill for no more than one hour before a vote is taken and afinal vote must take place within _________ hours.
A. seventy-five B. one hundred C.two hundred D. fifty
Which of the following statements is true of the practice of senatorial courtesy?
A. It allows the president to veto a federal nomination by a senator from his or her own party. B. It is a written statement by a court expressing the reasons for its decision in a case. C. It is exercised by senators of the president's political party. D. It empowers appellate courts to overrule district court decisions. E. It is a spoken argument presented to a judge in person by a senator during a trial.
Which political theory is criticized for its inability to predict future behavior of individuals?
A. rational choice B. political ideology C. political culture D. institutionalism