In elections, PAC funding shapes electoral outcomes by tending to favor which type of candidate?
A. challengers
B. mostly challengers, but some incumbents
C. mostly incumbents, but some challengers
D. incumbents
E. equal support for incumbents and challengers
Answer: D
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What factor was mostly responsible for Rick Perry's victory over Democrat Tony Sanchez in the 2002 Texas gubernatorial election?
A. Perry used his vast wealth to finance the most expensive gubernatorial race in the history of the state. B. Perry connected Sanchez to money laundering for Mexican drug cartels in a series of televised negative ads. C. Perry launched an effective grassroots campaign and traveled to each of the state's 254 counties. D. Perry used television commercials that addressed his humble beginnings in rural Texas while depicting Sanchez as a wealthy banker who immigrated illegally to the United States from Mexico.
It is a physical impossibility for government to be "by the people" in a nation of over 300 million people
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
To enact a law applying specifically to Collin County, the Texas legislature would pass a
A) special bill. B) local bill. C) joint resolution. D) concurrent resolution.
When President Nixon attempted to prevent major newspapers from publishing the Pentagon Papers
a. the Supreme Court refused to hear the case. b. the Supreme Court said the government could not prevent the study's publication. c. he succeeded in preventing the study from being published. d. the issue was resolved without involvement by the Supreme Court. e. the Court said the study violated Congress's power to declare war.