Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. All electoral systems create at least some incentive for actors to behave strategically rather than reveal their sincere preferences.
2. If a country has an independently elected president, then we necessarily consider it to be a presidential regime.
3. When you classify countries in terms of presidential versus not presidential (i.e., either parliamentary or semi-presidential), whether or not a country has an investiture vote is more important than whether or not they have a no confidence vote procedure.
4. To stay in power in a parliamentary democracy, the government must keep a majority of the members of the legislature happy.


1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True

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