Which of the following factors has made some critics wonder if democracy is obsolete?
a. The rise of new information technologies
b. The lack of a new model of authoritarian capitalism
c. The decline of the global economy
d. The decreasing rates of voter participation
e. The increasing prevalence of majority rule
a
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In what year was the current Texas constitution written?
A. 1869 B. 1876 C. 1901 D. 1974
In thinking about trends in popular trust of government, it is important to consider that
A. levels of trust may have been abnormally high in the 1950s. B. little was expected of government in the 1990s. C. polling techniques were not perfected until the 1970s. D. few Americans understand government or pay attention to it. E. people are more trusting of other institutions today.
The most common means of obtaining personal property is
a. capture. b. inheritance. c. purchase. d. assession.
Defining who is eligible to vote—sometimes expanding the franchise and in some cases limiting it—has been a function of
a. political parties. b. state governments. c. city and county governments. d. the candidates’ campaigns. e. Congress.