What is the result, according to the authors, if the Supreme Court is viewed as apolitical?
What will be an ideal response?
While not exactly accurate, the belief is that if the Court is viewed as apolitical its rulings will carry greater force and legitimacy.
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How are the policy areas of health care, the environment, and energy similar?
What will be an ideal response?
Research suggests that "negative ads" appear to
A) benefit incumbents more than challengers. B) benefit challengers more than incumbents. C) benefit no one. D) increase voter turnout. E) benefit third parties.
Briefly describe the main purpose of the Twenty-Second Amendment. Which president caused the ratification of this amendment?
What will be an ideal response?
Those who see the decline of voter turnout as a function of party organization change believe all of the following EXCEPT
A. parties originally aimed to increase mass political participation. B. parties used caucuses and conventions and fought against legal barriers to voting to increase participation. C. the nation was split by region in the late 1890s, and two-party competition decreased in many places. D. both parties became more liberal. E. citizens lost interest in politics because the parties did not respond to their needs.