Why do incumbents often face low-quality challengers?
What will be an ideal response?
Because incumbents often win re-election, high-quality and strategic challengers typically avoid entering these races. These talented challengers will often wait for an open seat, which will be more competitive and give them a greater chance of success. Since high-quality challengers are often scared off, incumbents may be left with low-quality challengers that have little name recognition or fund raising potential, often political amateurs who are less strategic in entering races.
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What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is an example of a general-purpose government in Texas?
A. special district B. city C. school district D. county
Which of the following statements about the Occupy Wall Street movement is true?
A. Fewer Americans support its goals than support the goals of the Tea Party movement. B. Most of its concerns have been addressed by government so it is unlikely that it will appear again. C. The issues of concern to the Occupy Wall Street movement are consistent with the views of a substantial number of Americans. D. It has coalesced into a political party that successfully elected its first candidate to political office in 2012.
When the moderate Mohammed Khatami won the Iranian presidency in 1997, his reforms were blocked because real power stayed in the hands of __________
a. insurgents b. Muslim liberals c. the religious elite d. military leaders