Which two political parties are causing all of Germany's parties to begin engaging in grass-roots efforts to mobilize support from their rank-and-file members?
a. The German People' s Union and the Left Party
b. The Christian Democrats and the Greens
c. The Greens and the Left Party
d. The Social Democratic Party and the Free Democratic Party
e. The Communist Party and the National Democratic Party
c
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Rick Perry helped increase the influence of Texas's governor's office by __________
a. avoiding the use of the veto through successful negotiation with the legislature b. adopting a progressive political agenda to match the preferences of most Texans c. choosing not to run for reelection after his first full term in office d. making thousands of appointments to state agencies
According to theorists, what happens to political institutions as they become more modern?
A) Their infrastructures crumble under labyrinthine bureaucracy. B) They become more specialized, complex, and differentiated. C) They grow broader in scope and focus. D) They establish a militaristic presence and harsh economic policies.
Veto threats
a. must be credible, explicit, and public to be effective. b. are often communicated privately to Congress so that both sides can find room for compromise. c. are generally ineffective because members of Congress do not like presidents trying to tell them how to do their job. d. have declined in popularity as presidents have found other tools for influencing Congress.
How can stable and coherent public opinion arise from unstable and incoherent individual opinions?
a. Pollsters have developed weighting systems that allow them to identify the most informed respondents so their responses count more. b. Measurement errors and random individual changes tend to cancel one another out and the average remains the same if the circumstances remain the same. c. New technologies and platforms have allowed pollsters to draw better samples that reduce the amount of measurement error in polls. d. It can arise through opinion leaders who canvass their friends and answer polling questions consistently over time.