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.
c
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The United States has a common law system in which law is largely developed through binding judicial decisions.
A. True B. False
The principle underlying fiscal policy states that when unemployment is rising and the economy is going into a recession, fiscal policy should:
A) stimulate economic activity by decreasing taxes. B) curb economic activity by reducing government spending. C) let the forces of supply and demand operate on their own. D) employ a tight-money policy. E) reduce the rate of growth in the amount of money in circulation.
Foreign direct investments or the trading of stocks and bonds is an example of how people and places are linked through cross-border flows of finance, known as ______.
A. global markets B. financial markets C. global trade D. financial globalization
Suppose you wanted to argue that the Supreme Court should have the right to exercise the power of judicial review. Which of these statements would provide the support for this thesis?
a. The use of judicial review opens up the Constitution to multiple and potentially conflicting interpretations. b. Trial courts cannot carry out their basic role in the legal system without the power of judicial review. c. The U.S. Constitution does not explicitly state that federal courts cannot exercise the power of judicial review. d. Without the power of judicial review, the Court would not be able to play much of a role in the system of checks and balances.