Which of the following is the main difference between political parties and interest groups?
a. Political parties are larger.
b. Political parties have a broader policy focus.
c. Interest groups are not as interested in affecting public policy as are parties.
d. Political parties actually attempt to win control of the machinery of government, while interest groups do not.
e. Interest groups are much smaller than political parties.
d
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a) Single-member districts b) The Voting Rights Act c) The Civil Rights Act d) Decennial redistricting
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What will be an ideal response?
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A) a majority of the vote. B) two-thirds of the vote. C) a plurality of the vote. D) three-quarters of the vote.
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a. justices rarely want to write them, indicating that a justice might not vote the way he or she believes in order to fall in the majority b. they are usually written by the chief justice c. they usually represent the opinions of the majority of the public, indicating that the Court regularly ignores public opinion when making its rulings d. they may have a lasting impact if the Court later changes its mind e. they provide different reasons why a justice supported the majority ruling than was written in the opinion