Summarize the incumbency advantage for members of the House and Senate.
What will be an ideal response?
In 2016, 97 percent of House incumbents and 90 percent of incumbent Senators were reelected. Since the mid-1960s, the incumbent reelection rate has never dropped below 80 percent in the House or 60 percent in the Senate.
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In 2007, Talking Points Memo jolted the conventional media by reporting which of the following stories?
a. a terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya b. then-Senator Obama's intention to campaign for the presidency c. the Bush administration's termination of liberal-leaning attorneys d. a scandal concerning corruption among private contractors in Iraq
Few if any of the constitutional executive officers have either served as state legislators or in more than one constitutional office.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The ______ was the first major large-scale protest against globalization that occurred during the meeting of the ______ in November 1999.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Men can be punished for statutory rape even if women are not punished because men and women are not "similarly situated." This is an example of the __________ standard.
A. intermediate scrutiny B. strict scrutiny C. rational basis D. reasonable person E. necessary and proper