Because of the basic constitutional guarantees that allow citizens to express their views and compel government leaders to take those views into account, it is both possible and essential for political leaders and policy advocates to try to
a. mobilize public opinion on behalf of their causes, because they are incapable of also shaping public opinion on behalf of their causes.
b. shape public opinion on behalf of their causes, because they are incapable of also mobilizing public opinion on behalf of their causes.
c. shape and mobilize public opinion on behalf of their causes.
d. avoid considering the role of public opinion in the success of their causes.
c. shape and mobilize public opinion on behalf of their causes.
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a. Peace and prosperity has greatly increased. b. Advances in technology have made cultures less important. c. The bases for modern trade existed in their time. d. Greater equality exists among the world's regions. e. Western-led progress has produced agreement on basic values.
The measurement of how ideologically coherent individuals are in their political evaluation is called
A) ?levels of conceptualization. B) ?self-interest. C) ?the Likert scale. D) ?socialization. E) ?social prompting.
Which of the following techniques to prevent voting was never used in Texas?
A) poll taxes B) early registration C) literacy tests D) annual registration
The basic standard of substantive democracy is that government must guarantee
A) economic rights.
B) civil rights and liberties.
C) social equality.
D) economic rights, civil rights and liberties, and social equality.
E) None of these choices is true.