In his inaugural address in 1829, President Jackson railed against ______.
a. a highly unqualified bureaucratic system
b. the exertion of bureaucratic power over the people
c. an inability to exercise external control over the bureaucracy
d. a sense of “ownership” of important administrative positions
d. a sense of “ownership” of important administrative positions
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When the media engage in agenda setting, they are telling us __________
a. whom to endorse b. how to think c. what to think about d. why we should support certain policies
Whose presidential campaign demonstrated the worth of modern communications technology for increasing political engagement in American politics?
a. John McCain's b. George W. Bush's c. John Kerry's d. Al Gore's e. Barack Obama's
The term convention bump refers to ______.
a. the danger of a front-runner stumbling badly after the convention b. the staged hoopla surrounding a nominee’s acceptance speech c. the opinion poll spike that most candidates enjoy immediately after the convention d. persuading delegates assigned to other candidates to vote for the presumptive nominee e. convincing the candidate’s primary-election rivals to support him at the convention
Political parties are
A. institutional groups that look to advance their interests. B. associational groups that rely upon personal networks for results. C. anomic groups that gather regularly to discuss strategies. D. groups or organizations that seek to place candidates in office under their label.