Which of the following, if true, would indicate that grassroots/outside lobbying is an ineffective political tactic?
a. Policy makers primarily work to satisfy the demands of their wealthiest campaign contributors. As a result, they rarely respond to broader public opinion.
b. In congressional elections, incumbent candidates win at a much higher rate than challengers.
c. The number of interest groups with lobbyists in Washington, D.C., has increased over the past several decades.
d. The mass media tend to cover only the most dramatic and unusual news stories.
e. Most members of Congress have rejected campaign contributions from (political action committees) PACs.
a
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following is NOT true of state and municipal governments in Mexico?
a. Most municipal governments tend to rely upon funds from the central government. b. Municipal and state governments suffer from the lack of well-paid and well-trained public officials. c. Many jobs at these levels are distributed through political patronage. d. State and municipal governments have traditionally had a substantial level of authority in the Mexican federal system although this power is being threatened by federal efforts to centralize power to better fight against local corruption. e. Since 1989, politics at the state and municipal levels have become politically competitive with opposition parties gaining control of these levels of government.
Local control of the schools:
A. is an important value in all democracies B. insures that there will be great variation in the quality of education. C. is not a major value in the United States. D. does not produce much variation in educational quality.
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a. minimizing civilian casualties b. preserving the privacy of American citizens c. no challenges to preventing domestic terrorism d. obtaining electronic communications of suspected domestic terrorists e. sorting through vast intelligence information gathered from surveillance efforts