What is the term for a rule that forces parties to receive a certain percentage of the vote in a PR system before they receive seats in the legislature?
a. Run-off rule
b. Duverger's Law
c. Closed list proportional rule
d. Primary rule
e. Threshold rule
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During the height of the Cold War, what would the United States likely have done if it had discovered that the Soviet Union had previously unknown stockpiles of nuclear weapons?
a. negotiate a bilateral nuclear nonproliferationagreement b. engage in a military conflict with the Soviet Union c. stockpile additional nuclear weapons in the United States d. extend diplomatic immunity to the Soviet Union
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A) books. B) speeches. C) films. D) All of the above
In opposition to the recommendations of the Virginia delegates during the Constitutional Convention, the New Jersey Plan advocated a single-chamber legislature with
A) equal representation among the states regardless of population. B) slaves counting as three-fifths of a whole person. C) the Supreme Court determining the number of representatives from each state. D) no executive branch. E) bicameral legislature with representation based on population.
Which is not a reason to have elections rather than the random selection of lawmakers?
a. Election campaigns stimulate public deliberation. b. Elections are less costly than random selection would be. c. Elections foster more active citizenship. d. Elections provide a way for the people to check and control their government. e. It is not necessarily desirable for officials to be a perfect cross-section of the public.