What are some of the main tasks of a state governor?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response would be:
Governors and their senior staffs are responsible for managing their state's executive branch, whether by providing strategic planning and vision, initiating policy, settling disputes among different agencies, promoting the state, recruiting top state administrative and judicial officials, developing the budget, pulling in federal dollars, or negotiating with the federal government as well as nearby states.
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Iran's semipublic institutions
a. existed under the Shah and were retained by the Islamic Republic. b. are important autonomous political actors in the Islamic Republic. c. are important economic actors due to their extensive economic holdings and their exemption from state taxes. d. together have an income that surpasses that of the government. e. have become weaker as a result of the state's move to privatize state enterprises.
The United Nations is an example of global governance
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following is a problem inherent to straw polls?
a. They are subject to self-selection bias. b. Their target population is not randomly selected. c. Interview bias can impact their outcome. d. Question selection is often difficult.
Which of the following helps to explain why the comprehensive constitutional reform efforts of the mid-1970s failed?
a. The delegates to the constitutional convention were ordinary citizens who did not understand the deficiencies of the Texas Constitution. b. The reform effort was predicated on the need to change provisions that were hindering economic growth, but the Texas economy took off in the 1970s under the existing constitution. c. Texas could not reform its constitution without obtaining "preclearance" from the Justice Department under the Civil Rights Act. d. Special interests fought against reform because they did not want to give up the protections that the old constitutionafforded them.