Which of the following is true of the local government in the United States?
A. Local governments have some constitutional authority in their own right.
B. Local governments are not created by the state government.
C. State officers do not participate in local government.
D. Local governments are not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution.
E. State governments and local governments exist independently of each other.
D
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One of the points on which Thomas Hobbes and John Locke agreed was
a. that an effective democracy needed an absolute sovereign. b. that some individuals possessed a divine right to rule. c. that people had the right to rid themselves of bad government. d. that every society needed a strong representative assembly. e. that human nature is basically evil.
If you were managing a political campaign, what would you tell your candidate about the importance of the candidate's personal appearance to prospective voters? What specific advice would you give to the candidate about his or her personal
appearance? How do voters use policy positions to help them evaluate candidates? To what extent are voters prepared to make policy-based voting decisions? What advice would you give your candidate about projecting his or her issue positions so as to be most successful with voters? Voters also make decisions after evaluating various candidate qualities. Based on research by Miller, Wattenberg, and Malanchuk, what three elements of a candidate's personality would you try to project to voters? Evaluate how well Barack Obama and Mitt Romney projected these personality traits. What will be an ideal response?
Which statement explains why the 2010 health care reform bill contained no provision for a public insurance option?
a. President Obama threatened to veto any bill containing public option provisions. b. Opinion polls showed that the public option was strongly opposed by most Americans. c. Bureaucrats in the Medicare system testified before Congress that a public option would be highly inefficient. d. Lobbyists for the health insurance industry were able to convince Congress to drop consideration of a public option.
What does Congress use when the body lacks the scientific and technological expertise needed to enact a law and instead passes the buck to a bureaucratic agency?
a. congressional oversight b. cloture c. legislative authority d. congressional review e. hearings