Which of the following would confirm that a genuine revolution has taken place?
a. The regime itself claims it is going through a revolution.
b. The old elites are replaced by new elites.
c. The regime is unable to control enormous street protests and riots.
d. The state media declare a revolution has taken place.
b
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Which of the following is true about Internet polls?
a. They are a reliable source of information because they reach thousands of people. b. They are notoriously unreliable because the sample consists of people who choose to answer the survey, sometimes more than once. c. They have been used accurately and consistently since 1979 to predict election outcomes. d. They are the preferred method used by most professional research firms today. e. They are inherently biased against the religious right because churchgoers are less likely to use computers.
A major change in the social composition of parliament has been the increasing representation of
a. women. b. the poor. c. the middle caste. d. Muslims. e. urban dwellers
Lobbying is ________
A) the means by which interest groups attempt to influence government officials B) the means by which political parties attempt to influence government officials C) mostly ineffective D) illegal, with such bans likely to be upheld by the courts E) currently illegal, though bans are likely to be found unconstitutional
Whether a political system is "democratic" is chiefly defined by which of the following?
A) its amount of participation B) its amount of government responsiveness to the public C) extent to which representatives are accountable to the public D) support for freedom of speech and association E) cannot be simply defined as it is not a "yes or no" question