Nelson Polsby has argued that TV has had which of the following effects on the Senate?
A) It has had no recognizable effect.
B) It has reduced the effectiveness of the Senate as a lawmaking body.
C) With its ability to publicize individual senators it has made the Senate an incubator for presidential hopefuls and decreased the importance of Senate norms.
D) It turned the Senate into a circus.
E) It has enhanced the opportunity for movie stars to run for office.
C
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Changes in policy in American government are best described as ___________________ in nature
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
_________ questions ask the respondent to put their responses in ascending or descending order
a. Checklist b. Binary c. Ranking d. Likert
Which of the following represents the pluralist theory of government?
a. A group of elite citizens is in charge of government. b. A hereditary class of people is in charge of government. c. Competing interest groups share influence in government. d. One leader runs the government.
James Madison's Federalist Paper No. 10 was chiefly concerned about
a. Spartan rules against private ownership b. Greeks and Romans bearing gifts c. the repeated use of the word "democracy" in the Constitution d. majority rule and minority rights e. None of the above