When a candidate's experience includes 15-20 years in politics, from city council to state and federal legislative bodies, and the person has little or no private sector experience, this is an example of __________
a. careerism
b. amateurism
c. celebrity
d. franking privilege
Answer: a
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Which best describes a unitary system?
a. An arrangement in which the central government has authority over all lower levels of government, and those lower levels have no powers reserved for them b. A system with an economy is modern enough to require leaders to work closely with a large bureaucracy with expertise on policy matters c. A system in which the executive and legislative branches are controlled by the same political party d. A system with an official ideology; a single mass political party, usually with a single leader, that has a monopoly of political power; a secret police force and the use of terror against the population; a monopoly over means of communication; a monopoly over weapons in society; and a command economy e. A regime type defined by its rule by a single leader or small group of leaders, limited political participation, existent but limited autonomy of society from state control, the lack of an overarching ideology, and limited control over the economy
A __________ is a temporary committee that is appointed for a specific purpose
a. ways and means committee b. caucus c. select committee d. standing committee
Lobbying is a technique designed to ______.
a. influence the shape and passage of law b. influence which candidates win office c. shape public opinion d. influence PACs
Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty are both examples of ______.
A. election platform slogans that did not result in policy changes B. sudden bursts of national policymaking in which the federal government assumed jurisdiction over public policy once reserved to the states C. federal responses to foreign policy decisions by state executives D. Republican Party initiatives undertaken after Hoover left office