Which statement about incumbency is most accurate?
a. Incumbents have a huge reelection advantage.
b. Incumbents have a small reelection advantage.
c. Incumbents only leave office when pressured by party leadership.
d. Incumbents only leave office when they are impeached.
a
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Many scholars argue that the foremost factor in determining how people vote is
A) debate performance. B) candidate experience. C) campaign spending. D) a candidate's image. E) party identification.
Franklin Roosevelt's court-packing plan would have allowed him to name a new justice
A) for every incumbent justice older than age seventy. B) once a year, irrespective of retirements. C) every time the court struck down one of his laws. D) to replace any incumbent justice older than age seventy. E) each time the Court reached an impasse.
What is the logic underlying Howard and Donnelly's argument that the "spurious" cultural relativity defense serves the interests of the powerful?
a. The basic point about human rights is that they protect the weak against the powerful. b. At heart, all cultures value the same things, so the claim of relativity must be spurious. c. Cultural practices are not neutral in their effects and those who benefit have a vested interest in preserving them. d. Universal human rights must be applied equally, regardless of how much or little power an individual possesses.
Any law that includes a gender classification is subject to the
A. suspect-classification test. B. precedent-basis test. C. intermediate-scrutiny test. D. reasonable-basis test. E. strict-scrutiny test.