What kinds of political issues will California elected officials uniquely face in the coming decades?
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. Among many other issues (only a few prominent "headliner" issues are mentioned in Chapter 11), California politicians will need to consider how to adequately prepare and educate a workforce for the coming century; how to accommodate a large population of retired persons who put tremendous demands and stresses on health-care systems; how to deal with immigrant populations, who tend to vote less than other ethnic groups but who are a majority in the state, around 2.5 million of whom are undocumented; how to deal with environmental challenges resulting from climate change, a trend that has direct impacts on water availability, sea life and activity, life on the coast, and life in other sensitive areas (dry forests and heightened fire conditions, etc.); effects from prolonged drought (even if above-ground aquifers are refilled through heavy rains), such as preparing for the next drought with more storage and delivery capacity, repairing damage to infrastructure caused by depleted groundwater supplies, and addressing damage to ecosystems; and how to revitalize its aging infrastructure, which will require an estimated $500 billion of investment.
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A. a plurality system discourages patronage and reduces voter interest in joining a party. B. a plurality system requires parties to form alliances with other parties to win elections. C. under this winner-take-all system, no incentive is given for finishing second (or lower). D. a plurality system requires each party to be as narrowly based as possible, leaving little room for new parties. E. a plurality system gives an advantage to savvy political unknowns who can grab the media spotlight.
One of the most serious problems with nonequivalent control-group designs is that
A) groups may be different at the outset on the dependent measures. B) groups may be different at the outset on the key independent variables. C) difference scores are cumbersome to use in statistical analyses. D) participant recruitment is much more difficult than it is in other types of designs.