In 2008 the average spending by a House candidate was
A) $600,000
B) one million dollars
C) $500,000
D) $250,000
E) $300,000
A
You might also like to view...
The Zaibatsu, which were outlawed during the Allied Occupation,
A. constituted the upper levels of the government's economic bureaucracy. B. reflected the consumer preferences of organized interest groups. C. organized labor unions into a neo-corporate relationship with business. D. were the holding companies of wartime conglomerates.
Which of the following is NOT terribly important in determining the way representatives and senators vote on bills before them?
a. Their own opinions b. What they think their constituents want c. Opinions of lobbyists and campaign contributors d. Classical themes in political theory e. What their party leaders want
Which form of government privatization proposed by President George W. Bush was unsuccessful?
a. Partial privatization of Social Security b. National Partnership for Reinventing Government Initiative c. United States Investigation Services, Inc. d. Student Loan Marketing Association
Which of the following is a compelling strategic reason for a group to prefer national policy to state policy?
a. The costs of the policy are always better hidden from the public at the national level. b. The national arena may be the only place in which it can hope to prevail. c. The costs of the policy are always more obvious to the public at the national level. d. Congress makes laws very quickly.