Discuss the rise of candidate committees and their influence on the political process.
What will be an ideal response?
Since 1968, American politics has seen the growth of candidate committees, organizations that candidates form to support their individual election campaigns. These organizations compete with political parties at many levels; they raise and spend money, organize campaigns, and attempt voter mobilization. These efforts have seen elected officials become less indebted to parties than in previous eras, and have also seen less party loyalty in legislative voting patterns.
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?Enabling legislation
A. ?provides appropriations to federal agencies. B. ?is proposed by departments wishing to increase their budgets. C. ?is enacted by the president. D. ?provides authorization for new federal agencies. E. ?All of these choices are true.
According to Scott Keeter, the 2004 election
a. reversed the trend of declining voter turnout among young people. b. saw the lowest voter turnout among young people ever recorded. c. saw the lowest overall voter turnout rate since 1896. d. saw the highest overall voter turnout rate since 1896.
The textbook analyzes how membership in five different types of social groups affects people's opinions and values. On which demographic factors are these social groupings based?
a. family, church, peer group, school, and income b. income, education, religion, race or ethnicity, and gender c. age, occupation, party identification, media preference, and intelligence d. gender, geographic location, race, emotion, and intelligence
A writ of certiorari is
A. a request to a lower court to submit to the Supreme Court a record of the case it has been requested to hear. B. the official transcript of Supreme Court proceedings. C. an application for a waiver of court fees due to indigence. D. a statement from a group not directly involved in a Supreme Court case, indicating the group's opinion on the legal issue at hand. E. the statement explaining the reasoning behind a Supreme Court decision.