Under a parliamentary system, the cabinet is __________
a. directly elected by the voters
b. more powerful than the prime minister
c. a source of overlap between the executive and legislative branches
d. kept small to ensure that the legislature exercises most policy-making power
c
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Identify a difference between House members and Senate members.
A. House members have a term of six years, whereas Senate members have a term of two years. B. House members are elected by state legislatures, whereas Senate members are always elected by voters. C. House members are chosen from local districts, whereas Senate members are chosen from the entire state. D. House members can convict federal officials of impeachable offenses, whereas Senate members can indict federal officials. E. House members have more prestige, whereas Senate members have less prestige.
The two dominant ideologies in Texas today are usually referred to as
a. individualism and communitarianism. b. socialism and populism. c. libertarianism and conservatism. d. liberalism and conservatism. e. environmentalism and libertarianism.
If a person pleads guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecution agrees to recommend leniency in sentencing, that person has entered into
A) an adversary system. B) a trap. C) a plea bargain. D) a bail agreement. E) an adversary proceeding.
Electoral systems are
a. determined by the number of political parties that can get elected to office b. formal, legal mechanisms that translate votes into control over political offices c. systems in which the individual with most votes gets elected d. systems in which parties interact with one another