When California moved its presidential primary from June to March, the state was engaging in ______.

A. pump priming
B. front-loading
C. momentum building
D. front-running


Answer: B. front-loading

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A. There is a constitutional prohibition on unauthorized group activity. B. The inability to communicate on a large-scale basis because of the size of the country increases the coordination problems. C. Conformity costs are exceedingly low for such an activity, but the transaction costs of agreeing on goals can be quite high. D. Rational self-interest leads to universal free riding, which dooms the organization as well as the effort unless some way can be found around this difficulty.

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A device that enables a state or local government to borrow money to finance a project and pay back the money from income earned by the project is:

A. a revenue bond. B. a general obligation bond. C. an income bond. D. a serial bond.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is NOT protected by the U.S. Constitution?

A) republican forms of government in each state
B) territorial integrity-a state cannot be combined with another state without its consent
C) each state is provided two members in the U.S. Senate and at least one member in the U.S. House of Representatives
D) equal votes for each state in the Electoral College

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