The direct primary was adopted in the early 1900s in Texas and other states in response to
a. ambiguous and controversial results of elections based on the open primary.
b. disenchantment with the caucus system.
c. backroom politics of party conventions.
d. racial discrimination exemplified in the white primary.
e. the Supreme Court declaring the caucus system unconstitutional.
C
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What payoff would Toshiba get if it chose to produce HD DVD and Sony chose to produce Blu-Ray?
In 2006, there were a number of media reports about the next generation of DVD players, which produce much clearer picture and sound than that produced by current machines. However, there are two competing formats, Blu-ray (Sony) and HD DVD (Toshiba). Both are affiliated with certain movie studios, which have agreed to release their movies in one or the other of the new formats. This creates a problem for the producers of this new technology—they all want their own version to win out, but by competing they make it entirely likely that most consumers will sit back and wait until (a) one of the formats is a clear winner or (b) a newer, even better, method of supplying movies is developed by someone else. If the latter happens, both Sony and Toshiba lose out.
Imagine that both companies have developed a new product, but with different formats. If one of the companies would be willing to switch quickly (assume that copyright laws would allow it to produce something similar), that company would lose some time and market share but be able to get into the market. Consumers would be more willing to buy the new technology, and both companies would make more money. If neither company is willing to coordinate with the other, they end up in a war of attrition, with fewer customers. This is shown in the game below.
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Gacaca is ______.
a. a Rwandan judicial branch dedicated to resolving crimes against humanity b. a South African commission to address apartheid c. a Rwandan process of truth and reconciliation after the 1994 genocide d. a Latin American judicial process to address crimes of military dictators
__________ was given credit for forcing the two major party candidates in 1992, President George H. W. Bush and Governor Bill Clinton, to address the federal deficit, the amount by which annual government spending exceeds incoming revenue
A) George Wallace B) John Anderson C) Ralph Nader D) Strom Thurmond E) Ross Perot
The writers of the Constitution devised the Electoral College as the method of choosing presidents because
A. the framers had a great deal of faith in the wisdom of the masses. B. that method would give weight to the preferences of ordinary people. C. direct election was impractical, due to the poor systems of communication and transportation that existed in the late 1700s. D. that method guaranteed a majority winner. E. that method would shield executive power from direct linkage to popular majorities.