What is a "gerrymander"?
What will be an ideal response?
The act of manipulating district boundaries to include or exclude certain groups in order to benefit a group (which can be a party) or an incumbent. An acceptable but under-specified answer would be that it is "drawing boundaries to help a party," which captures the notion of drawing (district) boundaries, but misses the idea that the deliberate manipulation may be intended to disadvantage others, such as ethnic/racial groups.
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Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense advocated
A. the formation of a new government that would still be loyal to the king. B. the establishment of a government that would limit further immigration. C. an end of hostilities toward Britain. D. the idea that the formation of the country's own government was a "natural right." E. the repeal of all taxes, including those the colonists had imposed on themselves.
How is communism different from fascism?
What will be an ideal response?
How does poverty affect political participation?
A) Poor people usually do not actively and routinely participate in politics and government. B) Poor people actively and routinely participate in politics and government on social issues. C) Poor people actively and routinely participate in politics and government on economic issues. D) Poor people actively and routinely participate in politics and government on social welfare issues. E) Poverty promotes political participation
One advantage to political parties of the party-column ballot is that this type of ballot enables easy
a. straight-ticket voting. b. cheating. c. counting of election results. d. recruitment of candidates. e. electronic voting.