THIRD PARTIES AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDACIES
What will be an ideal response?
Third parties or independent candidacies usually arise in periods of great change or crisis.
Splinter parties break away from one of the major parties.
Ideological parties are committed to an ideological position different from most voters.
Single issue or candidate parties arise around an issue or a strong personality.
Obstacles for these parties and candidates include getting on the ballot, organizing supporters, and generating sufficient funding.
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a. He is a sitting governor from California. b. Austria was an enemy of the United States in World War II, so by law no one from that country can serve as president. c. Only persons having become citizens in the last ten years may be elected as president. d. The California state constitution prohibits its governors from serving as president. e. Article II of the U.S. Constitution states that only natural born citizen are allowed to hold the office of president.
Which amendment guarantees the right to counsel?
a. First b. Sixth c. Tenth d. Twelfth e. Fourteenth
The results of lobbying efforts do not always favor the interest of the most powerful groups because
A) ?members of Congress are often opposed to the influence of interest groups. B) ?not all interest groups have an equal influence in government. C) ?competing interests often cancel out the objectives the groups are trying to achieve. D) ?public opinion has been overwhelming opposed to interest groups pressuring Congress. E) ?mobilizing members of interest group can be difficult.
Evaluate the need for a national party convention. Should the practice be eliminated and a form of direct primary be used to select a party's nominee for president?
What will be an ideal response?