What distinguishes interest groups from political parties?
a. only parties mobilize voters at election time
b. only parties raise money
c. only parties engage in efforts to influence public policy
d. only parties nominate candidates for public office
Answer: d
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A. dealignment B. evenly matched parties C. "good feelings" D. the Reagan Democrats
According to James Madison, the creation of a large and diverse republic would
a. likely result in the tyranny of the majority over the minority. b. likely result in extreme fragmentation because of the large number of potential minority factions. c. make it more difficult to achieve a politics of the common good. d. help control the excesses of majority faction.
Under President Clinton, the Welfare Reform Act of 1996
a. required states to supply most of the funding for entitlement programs. b. granted greater responsibility to the states by allowing them broad flexibility in determining eligibility for cash aid. c. ended the federal role in assistance to the TANF program. d. resulted in higher inflation due to increase unemployment.
According to most professional research firms, which of the following margins of error indicates that a sufficiently large sample was used to obtain accurate survey results?
a. plus or minus 3% b. plus or minus 6% c. plus or minus 9% d. plus or minus 12% e. plus or minus 15%