Recent Supreme Court decisions loosened restrictions on campaign spending, allowing billionaires to exert unprecedented influence over U.S. elections
Which statement represents the way an elite theorist would most likely evaluate this development? a. The Supreme Court should not have a say over campaign finance rules.
b. This is evidence of greater political competition in an increasingly open society.
c. The Supreme Court has undermined democracy by tilting elections in favor of moneyed interests.
d. This is evidence that elections are becoming more expensive as campaigns get more sophisticated.
c
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a. A term for what some believe to be the impact of liberal bias in the media on U.S. foreign policy b. A term for what some believe to be the impact of conservative bias in the media on U.S. foreign policy c. A term for the possible effects of increasing centralization in the media on U.S. foreign policy d. A term for what some believe is the effect of instantaneous transmission of photographs and text on U.S. foreign policy
In the United States, a modern conservative is most likely to support government action that __________
a. reduces the power of big banks b. supports traditional Christian values c. protects the rights of minority groups d. addresses the root conditions of poverty
The achievement gap describes a troubling difference by which students of different ______ and ______ perform educationally.
a. races; incomes b. genders; incomes c. incomes; first languages d. social classes; genders
The confederal government had the power to ______.
a. conduct foreign trade and coin money b. interpret and enforce national laws c. intervene in disputes between states d. declare war and conduct foreign policy