Let’s assume that experience from recent elections in this New York community have led political analysts to expect that in order to win political office, a candidate needs to win at least 48% of the vote. Let’s also assume that political entrepreneurs will try to mobilize voters along either racial or linguistic lines. If this is the case, what identity category or categories COULD be activated or politicized to win the election? In other words, what identity category or categories (racial or linguistic) form minimal winning coalitions?
A. Latino
B. English speaking
C. White
D. English speaking or South Asian
E. White or Polish speaking
B. English speaking
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c. Members of the media tend to report debate strategies of major party candidates. d. Members of the media tend to report debate styles of major party candidates.
Which of the following is an example of limited (as opposed to expansive) government?
a. Obama's 2010 health care reform proposal b. the expansion of limits on freedom of speech c. the government bailouts during the financial crisis d. the Obama administration's mortgage-relief acts during the financial crisis e. the reduction of Social Security coverage
The principle of prior restraint, established in the case of Near v. Minnesota, relates to
A. freedom of speech. B. libel. C. censorship. D. freedom of assembly. E. slander.
During the Great Depression in the United States, gross domestic product (GDP) fell by nearly
a. 20 percent. b. 30 percent. c. 50 percent. d. 65 percent.