Interest groups employ all of the following tactics to influence public policy EXCEPT ________
A. public relations campaigns
B. giving PAC donations to candidates
C. running candidates for the purpose of controlling government
D. discussing tactics with elected officials
ANSWER: C
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A. It has a dramatic effect on those who choose not to buy coverage because they will have to pay hefty bills if they need treatment. B. It decreases the availability of health care for all because fewer people choose to enter the health care profession. C. Premiums rise for those with health care because insurance companies need to pay more for an increasingly expensive risk pool. D. Indirectly at best because insurance companies could keep the cost of premiums down if they deployed technology more effectively.
Drawing on rulings by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, the Supreme Court has tried to define sexual harassment by ruling that
A. it is illegal for someone to request sexual favors as a condition of employment or promotion and it is illegal for an employee to experience a work environment that has been made hostile or intimidating by a pattern of offensive sexual teasing, jokes, or obscenity. B. an employer is not liable if he or she does not know that a subordinate has requested sex in exchange for hiring or promotion. C. a work environment is not deemed hostile or intimidating by a steady pattern of offensive sexual teasing, jokes, or obscenity. D. employers are "strictly liable" for a hostile or intimidating work environment even if they did not know about the situation and did nothing about it. E. sexual harassment claims cannot be made in the absence of at least three witnesses.
In presidential elections a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes in order to win on the first ballot
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Voters in advanced democracies tend to be less loyal to a specific political party because __________ than in the past
a. politicians are wealthier b. economic growth is less certain c. voters have access to better information d. parties are less differentiated from each other