How has ideological sorting since the 1950s impacted coalition building in Congress?
What will be an ideal response?
Ideological sorting is the idea that there is now less ideological diversity within each of the two major political parties today, because conservatives have largely sorted themselves into the Republican party and liberals into the Democratic party. Because of the reduced ideological overlap between the two parties, it is more difficult to reach cross-party compromises and form cross-party coalitions.
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Running for public office has become increasingly expensive. To try to level the playing field and diminish the role of private money, most states a. have banned PACs and forbidden direct contributions from corporations, labor unions, and other specialinterest groups in state elections
b. have given up trying to limit the influence of soft money and PACs because of the U.S. Supreme Court'sruling in Buckley v. Valeo. c. now provide public financing for all major elections. d. limit contributions and many now provide for public financing.
Which of the following issues recently addressed by the state of Arizona has resulted in laws that have some aspects that are at odds with federal policies and were found to be unconstitutional?
A. Immigration policy B. Maximum speed limits on interstate highways C. Establishing an official language D. Increasing minimum wage E. Gun regulation policy
Beginning in the late 1940s, a majority of conservative Democrats in Texas began to support the
A) state Republican candidates. B) national Republican candidates. C) state Socialist-Labor candidates. D) national Libertarian candidates.
What is one of the major consequences of V. O. Key Jr.'s definition of public opinion?
A. Political actors must follow public opinion without any question. B. Every government, democratic or otherwise, has to pay attention to public opinion in some fashion. C. Only democratic governments have to pay attention to public opinion since elections are essential. D. Those who have the power to move public opinion are the most important actors in the political system.