Which factor is not identified as a motivation for people seeking office
A.) increasing name recognition
B.) personal goals of a political career
C.) opportunities to move to a higher office
D.) a desire to prevent another person from being elected
E.) a sense of civic responsibility
Answer: D.) a desire to prevent another person from being elected
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a. initiative b. plurality c. referendum d. recall
Many state campaign finance regulations in place today
a. prohibit potential donors from making small contributions. b. are extremely lax with respect to their enforcement. c. are not at all successful in preventing illegal contributions. d. are new, with over 30 states adopting them over the past two decades.
A case that begins in the national court system will be resolved
A. only in U.S. appellate courts. B. only in U.S. district courts. C. in any state supreme court. D. only in the national court system. E. in any national or state court.
Careful participant selection
A) should not include random selection. B) reduces the probability of errors in the statistical computations. C) provides good protection of internal validity. D) controls for threats to external validity.