INGREDIENTS FOR INVOLVEMENT
What will be an ideal response?
Women vote at higher rates than men
Men contribute more money to political campaigns and contact political leaders more often than women
A psychological predisposition toward political involvement is called political engagement.
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The process of creating parliaments in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with their own elections, and some tax-setting powers is known as ________
A. decolonization B. devolution C. secession D. restoration E. liberation
Which of the following helps to explain why the comprehensive constitutional reform efforts of the mid-1970s failed?
a. The delegates to the constitutional convention were ordinary citizens who did not understand the deficiencies of the Texas Constitution. b. The reform effort was predicated on the need to change provisions that were hindering economic growth, but the Texas economy took off in the 1970s under the existing constitution. c. Texas could not reform its constitution without obtaining "preclearance" from the Justice Department under the Civil Rights Act. d. Special interests fought against reform because they did not want to give up the protections that the old constitutionafforded them.
To be officially elected president one must
a. receive a majority of the total Electoral College votes. b. have both the highest popular vote total and win a majority of the total Electoral College votes. c. win a majority in a congressional vote of confidence and investiture. d. win a plurality of total electoral college votes. e. win the popular vote.
______ refers to the institutions and political processes through which public policy choices are made.
A. Government B. Federalism C. Policy analysis D. Politics