The idea that congressional candidates benefit from being on the ballot during a presidential election year is known as ______.

A. partisan benefit
B. the coattail effect
C. candidate efficacy
D. presidential advantage


Ans: B. the coattail effect

Political Science

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According to _____, foreign countries are by definition dangerous.

A. isolationism B. moral idealism C. political realism D. pacifism E. judicial activism

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What, according to the World Bank, is the dominant form of conflict today?

a. drug-related gang violence b. terrorist insurgencies c. recurrent civil war d. ethnic conflict

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Broadcasting became part of the mass media after

a. the Civil War. b. the Spanish-American War. c. World War I. d. World War II. e. the Vietnam War.

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In the wake of the September 11 attacks, President Bush involved the nation in a ______ war in which military might was used to challenge adversaries before they launched attacks upon the United States.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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