Which of the following best describes unified government?
a. The practice personal politics is used in policy making
b. The two parties are able to achieve bipartisanship in policy making.
c. One party controls the executive and legislative branches entirely.
d. Both legislative branches are controlled by the same party.
c. One party controls the executive and legislative branches entirely.
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Presidents can sidestep treaty rejections through ______.
A. the privileges and immunities clause of the Constitution B. the necessary and proper clause of the Constitution C. the supremacy clause of the Constitution D. executive agreements which are exempt from Senate ratification
The Fourteenth Amendment ensured that the a. states had an equal voice in the debate about citizenship
b. states could not infringe on the rights of citizenship. c. federal government could not infringe on the rights of citizenship. d. federal government would yield to the states on matters concerning citizenship.
The United States has a common law system in which law is largely developed through binding judicial decisions.
A. True B. False
What distinguishes asociotropic voter from a pocketbook voter?
A)Sociotropic voters believe in supporting challengers who emphasize the importance of cultural issues in American politics, while pocketbook voters hold incumbentsaccountable for how the economy has changed as a whole. B)Sociotropic voters pay attention to how economic changes have affected their immediate individual economic standing, while pocketbook voters are concerned with how a changing economy affects them in the longterm. C)Sociotropic voters focus on the incumbent's response to pressing social issues in American politics, while pocketbook voters are concerned with the overall state of the economy. D)Sociotropic voters are concerned with how the economy as a whole has changed during an incumbent's terms, while pocketbook voters are concerned only with how the changing economy has affected them personally.