An iron triangle is comprised of key legislative committees, executive agencies supervised by those committees, and
a. the news media covering those agencies and committees.
b. public opinion pollsters.
c. interest groups.
d. federal judges.
e. cabinet members.
c
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Texas required individuals to pay a poll tax to vote in state elections until it was declared unconstitutional by the
A) Twenty-fourth amendment. B) decision in the case Nixon v. Condon. C) Twenty-third amendment. D) decision in the case United States v. Texas.
In a democracy, ________ opinion gives elected officials a sense of what citizens want and what they are willing to accept.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
As a pathway, ________ is a long-term and indirect approach to influencing government
a. cultural change b. grassroots mobilization c. legal actions d. elections
In Federalist 10, James Madison __________
a. says that public opinion is impossible to measure b. argues that conflict and disagreement were inevitable in the American political system c. maintains that individuals are typically willing to forego self-interest to pursue the common good d. argues that public opinion should always dictate the decisions of elected officials