Robert Dahl
a. subscribes to the mandate theory of presidential elections.
b. contends that mandates occur only when a presidential candidate can garner more than 55 percent of the vote.
c. contends that the president should be the chief legislative agenda setter.
d. rejects the mandate theory of presidential elections.
d. rejects the mandate theory of presidential elections.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The theory that suggests many middle-class whites withdrew their children from public school to avoid school desegregation is known as:
A. affirmative action B. white flight C. Jim Crow D. separate but equal
Parolees are ________
A. individuals who have been accused of committing a crime B. individuals on trial in a courtroom for a crime C. offenders the courts have placed in community supervision rather than in prison D. habitual offenders who have been sentenced to life imprisonment E. people released after serving a prison term who are under supervision and subject to being returned to prison for rule violations or other offenses
State and local personnel systems
a. are very different from the federal civil service system. b. tended to experience slower development of a merit-based system than the federal system. c. have developed merit systems in recent years partly as a result of unions. d. were developed by the political bosses and machines.