What does political scientist Stephen Skowronek’s term, “political time” refer to?
a. the presidential campaign
b. the time for private persuasion
c. the situation in the country when a president takes office
d. midterm elections
c. the situation in the country when a president takes office
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The independent variable must vary from one condition to another in a(n)
A) pretest manipulation control. B) experiment. C) manipulated posttest control experiment. D) pretest manipulation experiment.
The last time Congress declared war was in what conflict?
A. WWI B. WWII C. Korea D. Vietnam
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. All electoral systems create at least some incentive for actors to behave strategically rather than reveal their sincere preferences. 2. If a country has an independently elected president, then we necessarily consider it to be a presidential regime. 3. When you classify countries in terms of presidential versus not presidential (i.e., either parliamentary or semi-presidential), whether or not a country has an investiture vote is more important than whether or not they have a no confidence vote procedure. 4. To stay in power in a parliamentary democracy, the government must keep a majority of the members of the legislature happy.
A grassroots organization might try to influence a public official using all of the following methods EXCEPT:
a. A significant number of letters from constituents on a particular issue. b. Large campaign donations by a number of interest groups. c. A substantial number of constituent phone calls to the official over an issue of concern. d. A large number of emails from constituents over an issue of concern.