How is political socialization defined?
A. learning to participate in public opinion polls
B. the process by which we are trained to understand and join a country's political world
C. learning how to vote
D. a formal educational process about politics
B. the process by which we are trained to understand and join a country's political world
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A president's legislative success is relatively high in all of the following situations EXCEPT
A. when Congress is in the hands of the president's own party. B. in times of national emergency when the president commands deference. C. when Congress is in the hands of the opposition party. D. when it is the president's first term. E. in the president's period of highest public approval.
The beginning of conscription during the French Revolution helped feed nationalistic feeling or ideology through __________
a. leading soldiers to think of themselves as citizens in a national army, defending their home country b. providing soldiers with food and good pay, increasing their loyalty to the nation c. constant reinforcement of nationalistic ideas during the soldiers’ training d. large-scale involvement alone
In Texas, __________ are more likely to identify with the Republican Party, whereas __________ are with the Democratic Party.
A. older women; younger men B. upper-income Texans; urban Texans C. younger Texans; college-educated Texans D. younger women; older men
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice John L. Hill resigned from the court in 1988 to advocate for a merit selection plan that would __________
a. establish standardized application procedures for individuals applying to serve as justices on the court b. allow the governor to appoint justices to the court who would then have to run in retention elections to keep their seats c. give the Texas Bar Association the power to approve or disapprove justices elected by the people d. provide the judiciary committees in the two chambers of the legislature the authority to select justices