Some of the overall decline in voter turnout at the end of the twentieth century was likely due to ______.
a. increasing citizen involvement in community groups
b. the weakened relationship between interest group leaders and political leaders
c. the willingness of citizens to tax themselves to provide important community services
d. societal changes
e. the number of interest groups in a community
d. societal changes
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Which of the following methods of selecting judges is most favored by judicial reformers?
A. the partisan election plan B. the legislative appointment plan C. the nonpartisan election plan D. the Missouri plan
The __________ states that the right "to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
a. Fourteenth Amendment b. Fifteenth Amendment c. Nineteenth Amendment d. Twenty-Second Amendment
Which of the following reflects the ideas of influential English philosopher John Locke?
a. People were always bound to their contract with government. b. Only government should have the right to own property. c. Human beings are the creators of government. d. The monarchy was a divine intention.
In most states, chief executives can depend upon their cabinet secretaries to be loyal primarily to them, with few, if any, competing loyalties
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.