Several factors account for low voter turnout. Difficulty of voter registration Timing and scheduling of elections Two-party-system depression of voting interest among lower-income groups The great number and frequency of elections in the United States Noncompetitive political races
What will be an ideal response?
VOTING
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The special funding procedure for one-time, nonrecurring expenditures, such as purchasing university buildings, rapid transit systems, and bridges, is termed
a. an incremental budget. b. a capital budget. c. a line item budget. d. a performance budget.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The ability of the citizenry to directly or indirectly control political leaders and institutions is called political accountability. 2. The parliamentary model of government is also called the Westminster model. 3. In parliamentary systems, the prime minister is the head of state. 4. In parliamentary systems, impeachment can force a prime minister to resign. 5. In parliamentarian systems, if no party has a parliamentary majority a coalition government is usually formed.
Which of the following is a defining characteristic of a centralized interest group?
a. It lacks organizational structure. b. It typically nominates its own members for election. c. It primarily concentrates on demonstrative politics. d. It concentrates decision making near the top.
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. shape and mobilize public opinion on behalf of their causes B. avoid considering the role of public opinion in the success of their causes C. mobilize public opinion on behalf of their causes because they are incapable of also shaping public opinion on behalf of their causes D. shape public opinion on behalf of their causes because they are incapable of also mobilizing public opinion on behalf of their causes