What is a primary?
a. An election in which members of one party must defeat members of another party in order to have their names on the final ballot.
b. An election in which one member of one party must defeat one member of another party, in order to become president.
c. An election in which a member of a specific party must defeat other members of their own party in order to be on the final ballot.
d. An election which precedes the election of a final candidate, in which a list of party members is decided upon.
ANS: C
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a. a positive correlation occurs when variables vary in the same direction b. a negative correlation occurs when variables vary in opposite directions c. a positive correlation occurs when one variable increases and the second variable decreases d. a correlation evaluates the relationship among variables
In recent decades, electoral politics have witnessed the development of all of the following trends EXCEPT
a. a decline in candidates who became their party’s nominee by rising through the ranks. b. a decline in partisan allegiance among candidates. c. a decline in adherence to a party’s ideology among candidates. d. a decline in voter interest in the character and beliefs of individual candidates. e. a rise in candidate-centered campaigns, in which the candidates act as entrepreneurs, selling themselves to the public.
Why are coalition governments so prevalent in parliamentary systems?
a. Parliamentary systems are nonpartisan, but coalition governments can often act much like parties. b. The winner-take-all system that is used in parliamentary systems encourages coalition governments. c. Coalition governments discourage third parties. d. In a multiparty system, single parties may not win a majority of the seats.
Key factors to an interest group's success include all of the following EXCEPT
A. leadership. B. sponsorship by a major political party. C. resources. D. cohesiveness. E. size.