What are election reformers' views on the separation of presidential and gubernatorial elections?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response would be:
Reformers have successfully argued that presidential and gubernatorial elections should be separated so that state elections are not swamped by the tides of national politics.
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The comparative method was used as early as the fourth century B.C. by
a. Lijphart. b. Montesquieu. c. Barrington Moore. d. Aristotle.
The general trend in media ownership in the twentieth century has been __________
a. toward decentralization, deregulation, and increased competition b. toward greater consolidation and concentration of ownership c. toward greater specialization d. unchanged since the late nineteenth century
Identify and explain the difference between militant internationalism and cooperative internationalism. How do these concepts align with traditional theories of international relations? Do these perspectives represent larger trends in public opinion?
What will be an ideal response?
A constitutional initiative petition is ________
A. a way in which voters may place a proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot by petition B. a way in which political action committees can unite in order to pressurize state legislators to put a proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot C. a way in which a governor can bypass the legislature and appeal directly to the people to petition their legislative representatives to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot D. a way in which members of the judiciary can, by a majority signing a petition, place a proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot E. a defunct, nineteenth-century political device