The textbook describes Ralph Nader as a(n)
a. policy entrepreneur
b. pest.
c. opportunist.
d. revolutionary.
e. republican.
a
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The creation of the first mass-based party, rather than party-in-government, was in part the responsibility of ______.
A. Andrew Jackson B. John Adams C. George Washington D. Abraham Lincoln
Partly because Texas was, for many years, effectively a(n) __________ state, pressure groups wielded considerable power
a. Republican b. one-party c. rich d. liberal
How can the number of electoral votes in a state be changed?
A) Electoral votes are assigned by the U.S. Constitution and cannot be changed. B) Each state legislature has the power to change its allotment of electoral votes. C) Based on census results, population shifts between states can lead to reapportionment of the electoral votes between states. D) To add electoral votes, the U.S. Constitution must be amended. E) The electoral votes proportionally represent the popular vote from each state so will change as it changes.
If a moderately poor country with a high level of social heterogeneity had adopted a constitution that specified presidentialism, what kind of electoral rules would you suggest they employ in order to maximize their chances for survival as a democracy?
A. It wouldn’t matter, because they would have a multiparty system no matter the electoral rules. B. It wouldn’t matter, because they would have a two-party system no matter the electoral rules. C. Majoritarian (single-member district) rules so that they would have a small number of large parties. D. Proportional representation so that they would have a small number of large parties. E. Proportional representation so that they would have a large number of large parties.