Which of the following requirements must be met by a state in drawing congressional district boundaries?
A) A person's vote in the largest district of a state must have only half the value of a person's vote in the smallest district.
B) Districts in a given state must not be geographically compact.
C) Larger districts in a state must have more number of voters than smaller districts.
D) Districts in a given state must have contiguous boundaries.
E) The task of redistricting must always be handled by independent commissions instead of state legislatures.
D
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a. peacekeeping in Afghanistan b. collaborating closely with the EU for security purposes c. fighting Soviet expansion d. establishing democracy in Germany e. "incineration without representation"
Lobbying is ________
A) the means by which interest groups attempt to influence government officials B) the means by which political parties attempt to influence government officials C) mostly ineffective D) illegal, with such bans likely to be upheld by the courts E) currently illegal, though bans are likely to be found unconstitutional
The organizational/bureaucratic politics model focuses on how ______ affects international relations.
a. departmental conflicts b. personal biases c. rational thinking d. the risk in a situation
Since it is often not possible to collect data from every person or unit of interest, researchers often select a subset of units called a
a. Sample b. Census c. Population d. Inference