What is the risk that interest groups take in mobilizing the public?
a. being too successful
b. falling off message
c. alienating people
d. attracting the wrong kind of people
c
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In Texas, the percentage of people who identify with neither major political party has
A) led to an increase in voter turnout, particularly for primary elections. B) led to the development of a large and powerful third party movement in Texas. C) decreased over the years. D) increased over the years. E) remained the same over the years.
Brown v. Board of Education is an example of a
A) criminal suit. B) class-action suit. C) Section 1983 suit. D) reapportionment suit. E) client participatory suit.
When a case that an interest group is interested in, but not actually sponsoring, comes before a court, the group can __________
a. meet with judges to explain the group's policy preferences b. file an amicus curiae brief to present the group's analysis of the case c. file an appeal to move the case to a different court d. file a petition to get the group added to the list of plaintiffs
What is the trustee model of representation?
a. representation that follows the interests of lobbyists and contributors b. representation that follows the strict party line of the representative’s party c. representation that relies on the representative’s own best judgement d. representation that seeks to follow the traditions of the representative’s predecessors