Which statement about incumbency is most accurate?
a. Incumbents have a substantial advantage in reelection.
b. Incumbents have a small advantage in reelection
c. Incumbents have no advantage in reelection.
d. Incumbents only leave office when pressured by party leadership.
a
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The text states that the media typically report presidential elections as horse races. This means that they
A) have an instinctive desire to expose scandals. B) play the roles of gatekeeper, scorekeeper, and watchdog in a presidential campaign. C) seek opportunities to write background or interpretive stories about issues in the campaign. D) focus more on the contest itself than on the issues of the campaign. E) have an instinctive desire to investigate personalities.
Expression that defames a persons character in spoken form is called
a. Libel b. Denigration c. Defamation d. Slander
What is meant by redistribution of resources?
A. shifting wealth from one segment of the population to another, generally from rich to poor B. shifting the tax burden from individuals to corporations C. shifting the source of taxes from income to purchases D. attempting to equalize the percentage of taxes paid by each individual, taking into account both income and sales taxes E. shifting the tax burden from corporations to individuals
The practice of holding congressional hearings and conducting investigations into bureaucratic activity is called
a. administrative oversight. b. congressional intimidation. c. appellate jurisdiction. d. mark-up sessions. e. intelligence gathering.