Astroturf lobbying refers to ______.

a. presenting misleading polls to members of Congress
b. taking members of Congress to sporting events
c. lobbying efforts directed at congressional staff members
d. advertisements that support issues or candidates without telling constituents how to vote
e. indirect lobbying efforts that manipulate public sentiment


e. indirect lobbying efforts that manipulate public sentiment

Political Science

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Describe the major ways in which the presidency has changed since the founding. Be sure to include a description of the changes and the reasons why these changes occurred

What will be an ideal response?

Political Science

__________ is a set of beliefs that holds people, not the government, responsible for their own well-being

A) Pluralism B) Populism C) Majoritarianism D) Libertarianism E) Individualism

Political Science

Pluralism would most likely be associated with

a. public-choice theory. b. systems analysis. c. interest-group theory. d. legal analysis.

Political Science

Bias can occur in the interpretation of results. Medin et al. (2010) showed that researchers studying people in different cultures

a. assume that people in other cultures are less intelligent than they are. b. tend to ignore unusual characteristics of people in other groups. c. often use their own behaviors to establish what is "normal". d. ignore peculiarities in behavior within the other groups.

Political Science