Historically, vice presidential candidates have often been chosen to __________

a. help set the president's agenda
b. mentor the president
c. placate a symbolic constituency
d. ensure that the president's party will have a good chance of winning the next presidential election


c

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Resources not belonging to any particular state and not falling under any particular state's jurisdiction are termed

a. natural resources. c. private goods. b. environmental goods. d. common-pool resources.

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Dr. Gomez would like to graph the scores from a recent exam (a quantitative variable), what type of graph should she use and what should be on the horizontal axis?

a. pie chart; modal values b. histogram; exam score values c. bar graph; frequency values d. bar graph; exam scores

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Which of the following is an example of issue uptake?

a. A challenger raises the issue of immigration during a campaign, and the incumbent later sponsors immigration reform. b. Gun rights activists organize around defeating an assault ban and make independent expenditures in several congressional races. c. A challenger runs negative campaign ads aimed at a single vote taken by a Senator on campaign finance. d. A candidate identifies single-issue voters in her district and runs a campaign ad targeted at those voters.

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Briefly explain the way it which Populist movements can pave the way for the rise of authoritarian power.

What will be an ideal response?

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