Define a plural executive system and explain its impact on gubernatorial authority.
What will be an ideal response?
Plural executive system refers to a government structure in which citizens elect more than two officials to the executive branch. The average number of statewide elected executive officials is seven. Each statewide elected executive branch official oversees a specific policy or functional area of state government, with the governor bearing responsibility for the remaining areas. The more elected statewide executive officials, the more people with whom the governor must share authority-and hence the weaker the governor.
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Regular elections, broad suffrage, freedom of speech and the press, and freedom to join or form political organizations are significant because ______.
A. they ensure that government leaders can simply do their jobs without worrying about public opinion B. they mean that government leaders always know precisely what the public's opinion is C. they compel government leaders to take the public's opinion into account if they want to keep their jobs D. they are mechanisms through which the government distracts the public from policy
How did politicians determine public opinion before the advent of scientific polling?
A. by counting the number of people who attended their campaign rallies B. by the number of people who volunteered for the campaign, which was a good proxy for public opinion C. haphazardly through information supplied by editorials, pamphleteers, and local leaders D. through the number of small dollar campaign contributions
In the 1830s, which president enhanced his authority by portraying himself as a tribune of the people and enlisting the people's support behind his policies?
A. Thomas Jefferson B. Abraham Lincoln C. James Monroe D. George Washington E. Andrew Jackson
A big war with a definitive outcome often brings peace because __________
A) relative power is clearly seen B) power struggles are safely obscured C) weaker powers are rendered impotent D) larger powers rest satisfied