Third parties in America are typically of no importance in elections mainly because
a. third-party agendas are co-opted by the two major parties.
b. third parties have little financing or political sway.
c. third-party ideas are too extreme.
d. third parties are typically unorganized.
e. third parties' names sometimes do not appear on ballots.
A
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Political parties and interest groups form informal alliances for which of the following reasons?
a) Interest groups can provide campaign funds. b) Interest groups can provide organizational support. c) Interest groups can endorse candidates and distribute literature. d) Political parties can adopt policies that benefit interest groups. e) All of the above.
Van den Berghe says that the nation-state is a myth perpetuated by international bodies such as the United Nations and by scholars and that the perpetuation of the myth resulted in __________
a. in rapid globalization as nation-states tried to ally themselves with similar nation-states b. genocide being legitimized in the interests of building the nation-state c. in the autonomy of the indigenous populations within the nation-state d. great levels of warfare that are completely unnecessary and counterproductive to the world's economy
Interest groups
a. protect the shared objectives of their members. b. are extensions of political parties. c. serve as bureaucratic components of state government. d. were ruled unconstitutional in Davis v. Planned Parenthood.
Whites, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans hold ________ political views.
A. somewhat similar B. identical C. very similar D. different E. None of these answers is correct.