While the United States has had several minor parties, only the two major parties have much of a chance to win elections. What features of the U.S. political system contribute to the dominance of two parties?
a. multimember districts and a proportional voting system
b. single-member districts and a nonpartisan blanket primary system
c. multimember districts and a winner-take-all voting system
d. single-member districts and a winner-take-all voting system
Answer: d
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A. coup d'etat B. jacquerie C. praetorianism D. palace guard
The theory of parliamentary superiority
a. suggests the extent to which the rules of an institution allow the majority party to control the institution's actions drives the political outcomes emanating from the institution. b. attacks presidential systems for encouraging political conflicts without providing the means to resolve them. c. suggests some features of presidential system can enhance political stability compared to certain parliamentary approaches. d. believes presidential systems encourage political conflicts without providing the means to resolve them. e. believes party unity is based largely on individual party members' preferences.
Separation of powers was designed by the authors of the American Constitution to
a. create diversity among the country's political elites. b. concentrate power in a single institution. c. distract voters from the creation of a strong central government. d. prevent domination of government by any single faction. e. distribute power among the states.
More than twenty-five hundred presidential vetoes have been made since 1789. Congress has overridden approximately what percentage of these?
A) 4 percent B) 25 percent C) 38 percent D) 45 percent E) 86 percent