Which procedure allows a senator to prevent a vote on an issue until the Senate leadership consults individually with the senator?
A. a discharge petition
B. a hold
C. a gerrymander
D. a filibuster
E. cloture
Answer: B
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A) assign blocks of participants to groups instead of single participants. B) sample blocks of participants instead of single participants C) use stratified random sampling with blocks of participants. D) assign blocks of participants so that one participant is assigned to each group before moving onto the next block of participants.
Which of the following is an example of "groupthink" that might occur in a university setting?
a. The leaders of the student government trying to do what they think is most popular. b. The members of a fraternity all accepting that athletics are more important than academics. c. A group of students protesting against an increase in tuition and fees done without student input. d. The professors largely accepting the idea that their main purpose is to prepare students to think for themselves.
The sum total of individual beliefs about political questions is called
a. political ideology. b. political participation. c. public opinion. d. roll-off. e. selective exposure.
Popular sovereignty manifests itself in Texas in which of the following ways?
a. taxation b. election of citizens to state offices c. the existence of public education d. the development of a vital oil economy