What is grassroots lobbying, and how does it differ from direct lobbying?
What will be an ideal response?
Grassroots lobbying involves organizations mobilizing citizens to pressure their senators and representatives. Instead of meeting with members personally, as in direct lobbying, they instead use various tools (such as phone calls or social media) to generate communication to members’ offices from their districts. This type of lobbying may be particularly effective because members know they must keep their constituents happy to remain in office.
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Which of the following is unconventional political participation?
a. running for an unopposed office b. signing a petition in a school parking lot c. gathering signatures for a proposed ballot measure d. staging a sit-in
To combat the effects of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had a clear policy vision, which he called the _________, and in the first three years of his presidency he succeeded in getting Congress to pass legislation that radically altered the size and shape of the federal government
A) Cold War B) Great Society C) New Deal D) New Frontier E) Reconstruction
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Factor analysis is an exploratory technique. 2. Factor analysis aids in creating index variables. 3. Factor analysis uses correlations among variables to identify subgroups. 4. Rotation causes variables to load higher on one factor, and less on others, bringing the pattern of groups better into focus for interpretation. 5. For purposes of interpretation, factor loadings are considered only if their values are at least 5.0. 6. A task of analysts is to name the factors that arise from factor analysis.
Evan Thomas describes former House Majority Tom DeLay as
a. an idealist who lacked the will to reward his friends and punish his enemies. b. a liberal Republican in a party that was becoming increasingly conservative. c. skilled at enforcing party loyalty in the handing out of favors to lobbyists and influence peddlers. d. President Clinton’s key congressional ally on his health care reform bill.