How do minor parties facilitate democracy in the United States?
a. by bringing more citizens into the political process with issue awareness
b. by challenging the constitutional supports for the two-party system
c. by sending important delegates to the major parties' national conventions
d. by thwarting the major party that is most ideologically distant
a
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A. income; land B. land; income C. political; land D. income; political
Which of the following is a political linkage that can be used to understand why poverty in the United States only barely declined during recent periods of strong economic growth?
a. Poor people have little initiative, even in good economic times. b. Religious organizations typically cut back their charity programs during good economic times. c. Public opinion opposes government programs that seem to redistribute income. d. The national government has not created major programs to eliminate poverty.
What are majority-minority districts and why are they created?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following would the leader of an industry with a long history of polluting the Texas environment be most likely to support?
A) Regulations backed by the Sierra Club B) Regulations backed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency C) Eliminating protections for "grandfathered" industries D) Barack Obama's environmental protections proposals E) Voluntary environmental stewardship programs