The three-element view of American political parties includes which of the following elements?
a. party activity within the presidency, legislature, and judiciary
b. party identification as Democrats, Republicans, and independents
c. party platform, constitutional constraints, and will of the electorate
d. party members, party officials, and formal apparatus
d
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The Challenger disaster and the failure of post-war reconstruction in Iraq are both examples of failures that result from government operating using the __________ model
a. rational choice c. organizational politics b. groupthink d. government politics
According to the text, what was the underlying reason or motivation for changing the source of Flint, Michigan’s public water (from Detroit to the Flint River)?
a. access to higher quality b. realized cost savings c. employment opportunities d. trade deals with Canada
Why do state supreme courts have considerable staying power with regard to court-made constitutional law? a. The supreme court is the most powerful and dominant institution under most state constitutions. b. Most state legislatures collectively agree to give state supreme courts nearly unlimited power in terms of theirstatutory and constitutional interpretation
c. The legislative process to amend the state constitution is extremely difficult compared to amending a statute. d. Most state legislatures are too focused on substantive issues to worry about pressuring the decision making ofsupreme courts.
Democracy in the United States derives its powers from
A) the Constitution. B) the Declaration of Independence. C) the U.S. Supreme Court. D) citizens. E) natural law.