What is the key difference between the chief executive in America and the prime minister as a chief executive?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: The president is part of an executive branch that employs separation of powers, so that the chief executive is not involved in the legislature. A prime minister in a parliamentary system, however, is merged with the legislature and does not use a system of separation of powers and checks and balances.
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Voting data indicate that the attitudes and preferences of voters and nonvoters are substantially similar. Wealthier citizens are three times more likely as the disadvantaged to contact elected officials. Political leaders are thus more likely to hear about the concerns of the wealthy, such as taxes, government spending, and the budget.
What will be an ideal response?
Serena is a white, middle-class mother of two, in her mid-fifties, who works as a librarian in the public library system of a large city in the American West. She tends to support Democratic candidates whose policies provide an economic safety net for those hardest hit by recessions but on occasion will vote Republican when government enforcement of order and traditional values are under siege. Which label best describes Serena's thinking?
a. Serena is a liberal. b. Serena is an economic liberal and a lifestyle liberal. c. Serena is an economic conservative and a lifestyle conservative. d. Serena is an economic liberal and a social conservative.
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down federal laws that impinge upon the police powers of the states. Which clause did Congress invoke to argue against this impingement?
A. Interstate Commerce Clause B. Supremacy Clause C. Necessary and Proper Clause D. Implied Powers Clause
Those who supported the new Constitution were called ____, and those who opposed it were called ____.
a. Federalists; Antifederalists b. Tories; Whigs c. Democrats; Republicans d. loyalists; revolutionaries e. liberals; conservatives