Is regulation strictly an activity of the federal government?
What will be an ideal response?
No. State and local governments also impose regulations on activities such as the sale or distribution of electricity to citizens, ensuring safe food in restaurants, and verifying that medical doctors and barbers (among many other professions and trades) are properly trained and competent.
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In merit systems, appointed judges rarely lose retention elections because
A. they occur so rarely that voters typically aren't aware they are happening. B. the appointed judge does not run against an opponent. C. the appointed judge only needs 33 percent of the vote to stay in office. D. interest groups are prohibited from campaigning against them.
Political theorist from the last 200 years would object to democratic governance on what grounds?
a. No one heard of democracy in the late 1800’s so there was no opinion on such a form of government. b. Most political theorists would have been in favor of democratic governance if they were aware of its existence. c. It is absurd to think that uneducated, average, and possibly illiterate people could decide the fate of nations. d. Political theorists have always been in favor of democracy ever since it was first observed in ancient Greece.
Selective attention is the idea that:
a. people easily remember ideas they disagree with. b. people seek messages that agree with their own. c. newspapers give more attention to popular stories. d. people will tune out messages they do not agree with. e. television stations cannot give one candidate more time than another.
Although greater access to information benefits citizens in the poorest countries, this does not by extension guarantee emergence from poverty or government responsiveness. This represents one of the challenges involving poverty and ______.
A. global forces B. communications technology C. shifting centers of power D. global governance