According to the work of political scientist Markus Prior, the new technologies and media avenues of today may be dividing Americans, making them more partisan. We call this phenomenon a ______.
a. digital divide
b. electronic break
c. Internet gateway
d. voter chasm
a. digital divide
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A) South B) Southwest C) New England D) Great Plains E) Pacific Northwest
What is the main reason the early primaries and caucuses have so much influence?
a. Candidates who win early in the process are able to get more endorsements and contributions that help them in the remaining races. b. Federal law prohibits any candidate who has not won a primary or caucus by February 20th from continuing a presidential bid. c. Later in the election season people begin to lose interest. d. Other candidates drop out of the race if they do not win at least one of the first three primaries or caucuses. e. States with earlier primaries and caucuses have more delegates to send to the convention.
Over the past century, determination of national civil liberties policy has shifted
a. from nearly the exclusive jurisdiction of states and communities to Washington. b. from nearly the exclusive jurisdiction of Washington to states and communities. c. from nearly the exclusive jurisdiction of courts to the executive. d. from nearly the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress to states legislatures.
The bureau within the Executive Office of the President that works most closely with, and under the most direct supervision of, the president is the ______.
a. National Security Council b. Office of Management and Budget c. White House Office d. Council of Economic Advisors e. Executive Office of the President