The term, suffrage, refers to ________________________
A) the idea that all citizens in a nation have the right to vote
B) the right to vote
C) typically a high draft choice
D) a requirement that individuals pay a fee before being allowed to vote
E) a decline in voter attachment to parties and in clarity of party coalitions
B
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A) empiricism. B) intuition. C) rationalism. D) tenacity.
If political parties had their way, their presidential nominating conventions would closely resemble __________
a. barroom brawls b. coronations c. chess matches d. bingo games
Look at Table 11.17 at the end of Chapter 11. This table shows the results from the 1996 legislative elections in Ecuador. Ecuador is in fact a presidential democracy. In the 1996 presidential elections, AbdaláBucaramOrtz of the Ecuadorian Roldosista Party (PRE) was elected president ahead of Jaime NebotSaadi of the Social Christian Party (PSC). Based on this new information, from which party would you now expect the formateur to come?
A. Social Christian Party B. Ecuadorian Roldosista Party C. Popular Democracy D. New Country Movement
Studies by the Census Bureau and by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy indicate that __________
a. the tax system in Texas is among the most regressive in the country b. the tax system in Texas is widely opposed by the citizens of the state c. state and local governments in Texas tax the poorest families in the state at lower percentages of their incomes than they tax the richest families d. the overall tax burden in Texas is higher than the national average