A ______ happens when a governor rejects only a portion of a bill.
a. veto
b. line-item veto
c. partial-rejection veto
d. cost-savings veto
b. line-item veto
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?Some of the most successful minor parties have been __________, which have split off from a major party.
A. ?ideological parties B. ?environmentalist parties C. ?splinter parties D. ?religious parties E. ?anti-war parties
Today, the nation's 54 million African Americans represent about 17 percent of the U.S. population, the largest single minority group.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
What is the coattail effect?
a. A party's national officeholders help raise campaign money for local candidates. b. Voters select candidates based on how well they dress. c. Voters go to the polls to back a presidential candidate they like and end up voting for other candidates of the same party. d. State and local candidates are affected by the strength of the national economy. e. Incumbents lose support at the polls because they trip on their own records.
Some political scientists have argued against UN peacekeeping interventions on the grounds that __________
a. they may spark more violence and casualties by prolonging civil wars by their neutral orientation. b. they failed to prevent cases of genocide in Rwanda and Sudan by their limited nature c. their peacekeeping record is mixed, suggesting that their designs need to be reconsidered d. the actions are not proactive enough, in that they do not prevent war through any means