In terms of measuring the preferences of constituents, the deeper challenge with elections is that they tend to ______.

a. involve issues that are important to the candidates but have no relevance to the voters
b. revolve around a small set of issues for which voters have intense preferences
c. measure only a snapshot of public opinion at one particular point in time
d. fail to take into account the reasons people vote in the first place


b. revolve around a small set of issues for which voters have intense preferences

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Factors that have contributed to the decline of the American public's trust of government institutions are

A. budget deficits. B. Watergate and Vietnam. C. corruption scandals. D. all of the above.

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What are the circumstances under which the federal government became involved in education policy due to national security, gender and racial inequality, poverty, and lenient academic standards? Provide examples where appropriate

What will be an ideal response?

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The assumption that claims states are rational actors means that they a. always make the correct decision. b. always make the best decision. c. have consistent, ordered preferences and calculate the costs and benefits of all policies in order to maximizetheir utility

d. always make decisions in the national interest.

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Which of the following is an alternative definition of "the state"?

A) an organized authoritative form of government B) a territorially-bound sovereign entity C) the population that makes up a particular territorial region D) a deeply shared identification among a group of people

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