What percentage of the population comprises the “attentive public”?
a. 1 percent
b. 5 percent
c. 15 percent
d. 25 percent
c. 15 percent
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In writing the majority opinion in United States v. Windsor (2013), on what constitutional principle did Justice Kennedy base the decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act?
A. the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection guarantees B. the First Amendment's protection of freedom of association C. the Fifth Amendment's protections against the deprivation of equal liberty D. the Tenth Amendment's reserve power protections
A mandate is a(n)
a. executive order issued by the president on matters of domestic policy. b. indication that voters desire to modify the incumbent’s policies. c. election victory that indicates strong voter approval of the winner’s plans and policies. d. Supreme Court ruling that requires Congress to take immediate action. e. piece of legislation placed on the ballot by voters.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Strategic voting means voting for your most preferred candidate who has an unrealistic chance of winning. 2. Duverger’s hypothesis states that proportional representation electoral rules favor multiparty systems. 3. The results of empirical tests of Duverger’s theory show that increasing ethnic heterogeneity always leads to more legislative parties, regardless of the permissiveness of the electoral system. 4. Duverger’s theory predicts that if a country with a homogeneous society (few cleavages) uses permissive electoral rules, then it will have many parties. 5. Duverger’s theory predicts that if a country with a homogeneous society (few cleavages) uses disproportional electoral rules, then it will have many parties.
The environmental Kuznets curve argues that:
a. poor countries will not be able to break the cycle of environmental degradation b. rich countries are more likely to exploit their resources c. environmental problems will peak in middle income countries and improve with high-income statues d. environmental problems will be worse in the poorest countries