If a state legislature wants to submit a proposed law or constitutional amendment to the voters for their approval, they would use which of the following procedures?
A. initiatives
B. referenda
C. objectives
D. memoranda
Answer: B
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What has been the most important impact of the gender parity law?
a. A backlash against female politicians resulting in a decline in the number of female deputies b. The election of a female prime minister c. The nomination of a female candidate for president d. An increase of 50 percent in the number of females in the National Assembly e. An increase in women's representation in subnational governments
Devolution refers to
a. the breakdown of civil society leading to a failed state. b. the disintegration of a supranational organization. c. deliberate transfer of powers held by a central government to regional or nonstate bodies to increase local self-government. d. the extermination of an ethnic minority group by the state. e. None of the above is true.
An accurate way to gain insight into the public's perception of a candidate is through
A) man-on-the-street opinion polls, because they are conducted by the media. B) tracking polls, because they are conducted almost daily and enable fine-tuning of the candidate's message. C) advertising expenditures, because these are indicative of the strongest candidate. D) the primary election, because the response from voters will always indicate the strongest candidate. E) campaign contributions made by individual households, because this funding highlights most voter's preference.
When did party conventions come into existence?
a. in 1791, after ratification of the Constitution b. in the 1830s and 1840s c. in the early twentieth century, during the Progressive Era d. during the New Deal of the 1930s