Because of their visibility and campaign advantages, incumbents are usually reelected to Congress; however:
a. they are more often reelected in the House than the Senate.
b. they are more often reelected in the Senate.
c. they are reelected at about the same rate.
d. the power of incumbency has been dropping.
e. citizens always complain about their reelections despite voting them back into power.
a
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Organizational __________ occurs when the political system provides so many special benefits to interest groups that everyone's standard of living is lowered
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Why is it logical for citizens to not vote?
A. The benefits are collective and they enjoy the payoff even if they have not helped to produce them by voting. B. The benefits are individual, but since governments do not provide many tangible benefits, the costs of voting outweigh the benefits. C. Votes do not really matter because politicians can manipulate the public into believing whatever they want. D. The system of separated institutions sharing powers provides more influence to the unelected branches of the government, such as the judiciary and the bureaucracy.
What did the global economic crisis of 2008 show about the relationship between state and society?
a. States like China, where the state played a stronger role in the economy, fared worse than states like theUnited States, where the state played a smaller role in the economy b. In order to overcome the economic crisis, states must increase their role in society. c. States like China, where the state played a stronger role in the economy, fared better than states like theUnited States, where the state played a smaller role in the economy. d. It is more difficult for states like the United States to overcome the economic crisis, because they have somany actors in their decision-making process, such as interest groups and the media.
______________: A process through which new knowledge is discovered
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