Most American cities that have a mayor today, particularly small municipalities, have mayors with
a. weak executive powers.
b. responsibility for developing the city budget.
c. the power to appoint department heads.
d. the power to veto acts of their city's council.
a
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Which statement about Nigeria's economic and social development is NOT correct?
a. Nigeria is listed very close to the bottom of the UNDP's Human Development Index. b. Nigerian GDP per capita has steadily declined over the last ten years. c. Wealth in Nigeria is very unevenly distributed. d. The government spends less than 1 percent of the country's GDP on education and health. e. Civilian Nigerian governments have generally sought to channel the country's oil revenue into programs meant to improve poverty.
Front-loading the primaries tends to
A. benefit state parties at the expense of voters. B. benefit voters at the expense of state parties. C. benefit both voters and state parties. D. be harmful to both voters and state parties. E. have no measurable effect on either voters or state parties.
A study by the OECD showed that an agency's capacity for performance and its measurement is significantly impacted by
a. the amount of funding an agency receives. b. the level of political support an agency has. c. the environment in which the agency functions. d. the level of technology available to the agency.
Which of the following forms of political participation helped kill a proposed funding ban for Planned Parenthood?
A. hashtag activism B. buycotting C. boycotting D. online petition E. voting