The responsible party model ______.
A. weakens the link between voters and officials
B. makes it easier for voters to hold parties accountable for their actions
C. causes campaigns to be less negative
D. makes legislatures less divisive
Answer: B. makes it easier for voters to hold parties accountable for their actions
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Which of the following statements about the political and economic standing of women in Nigeria is INCORRECT?
a. Even though they form the bulk of agricultural producers, they are prohibited from owning land. b. They are grossly underrepresented in the government. c. Women's groups generally appeared earlier in southern Nigeria than in the north. d. Increasingly, Nigerian women's groups have begun to focus on explicitly political goals. e. In many areas of Nigeria, women control trading despite the patriarchal nature of the society.
Which of the following describes the state of Supreme Court jurisprudence on the issue of gerrymandering?
A.) any gerrymandering plan is unconstitutional on its face B.) all forms of gerrymandering are within the constitutional rights of state legislators C.) gerrymandering is unconstitutional only if it eliminates the minority party's influence statewide D.) gerrymandering is unconstitutional if it impacts the minority party's influence statewide
The Pendleton Act created
A) government corporations. B) the Civil Service Commission C) the Department of Homeland Security. D) the Congressional Budget Office. E) bureaucracy.
The highest executive body in the Chinese state system is __________, which for many years was little more than the executive arm of the party, but has begun to reassert itself in recent years with the addition of a new generation of civilian technocrats
a. the State Council b. the Central Secretariat c. the National People's Congress d. the Guomindang