The increased partisanship of recent decades has made party leadership in the House more likely to _______________ in order to guide bills to their preferred outcome.
a. engage in lengthy filibusters
b. use rules that restrict debate and options
c. put more emphasis on committee work
d. use rules that require a super majority
b. use rules that restrict debate and options
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The most likely source of one's partisan identification is
a. one's parents. b. one's peers. c. one's spouse. d. one's American National Government professor. e. one's clergy person.
Which of the following is considered to be an important function of the media?
a. championing a specific cause that is important to journalists and media owners b. interpreting world events c. making contributions to candidates running for political office d. helping to build better political parties e. attracting revenue through advertisers
The constructivist version of democratic peace theory argues that the dispersion of political power in democracies makes them less able to make the decision to go to war
a. True b. False
A researcher studies the relationship between political attitudes and income. The researcher had to conduct telephone interviews with higher income participants while interviews with lower income participants were conducted in person
The researcher finds that those with higher income are more conservative. The results of the study are A) Scientifically proven. B) Valid. C) Possibly confounded. D) An example of an ex post facto fallacy.