System of representation in which seats for office are apportioned according to the proportion of votes received by candidates or parties.
What will be an ideal response?
Proportional Representation
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Which of the following is most consistent with the incentive system approach to regulatory policy?
a. requiring a restaurant to serve sugary soft drinks in smaller cups b. lowering the drinking age and requiring states to implement the new standards c. reducing federal subsidies to public schools whose students have excessive absences d. lowering taxes for bourbon distilleries in order to boost the Kentucky economy
When an accused person enters a plea of guilty after negotiating a lesser charge, it is known as a _____
a. good deal b. plea bargain c. common plea d. raw deal e. hung jury
Which of the following statements about residential patterns in the United States is most accurate?
a. Republicans tend to be concentrated in the urban core of major cities of the Northwest. b. Democrats are evenly dispersed across the rural regions of the Midwest. c. Republicans tend to move much more often than Democrats. d. Democrats tend to cluster in the urban areas of the United States.
In economic terms the United States sees Nigeria as
a. a nation that foolishly squandered billions of dollars in oil profits and undeserving of a relationship with the United States. b. a nation that suffers from extraordinary poverty and in need of the generosity of the American people. c. a nation that could be an excellent source of oil as the U.S. seeks to decrease dependence on oil producing Arab states. d. a nation whose ability to function without accumulating foreign debt can serve as a model for the other countries on the African continent.