Groups specially formed to raise and contribute funds to support electoral candidates and that are subject to campaign finance laws are known as which of the following?
A. Political action committees
B. Unions
C. Special interests
D. 501 (c)(3) organizations
E. 501 (c)(4) organizations
Answer: A
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a. falls at the far right of the political spectrum. b. falls at the far left of the political spectrum. c. is politically moderate. d. supports an active role for government in society and defends policies such as a taxation system that assists in the redistribution of wealth in society. e. supports the nationalization of major industries in the economy, but stops short of the violent overthrow of capitalism.
What Supreme Court case ruled that the 1982 amendments to the Voting Rights Act (forcing the creation of political districts full of African American and Hispanic voters) violated the 14th Amendment?
a. Shaw v. Reno b. Chimel v. California c. Escobedo v. Illinois d. Gideon v. Wainwright e. Katz v. United States
A student researcher conducts a study examining binge drinking behaviors among college students. To do this, she conducts a survey with 1,500 college students from her university. She obtains survey respondents by stopping students in front of the library and asking them to complete her survey. What population can she generalize her findings to?
A. people who drink B. college students C. college students at her university D. college students that took her survey
Payments into Social Security are ______.
a. held in individual accounts until needed b. invested in private securities on behalf of pensioners c. used primarily to pay current recipients of benefits d. kept in the general spending account and used to fund other programs