Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Political ideology and party identification are closely related but distinct concepts.
2. One main difference between Republicans and Democrats in the assignment and selection of delegates is that the Republicans include the use of superdelegates, while Democrats do not.
3. In the current party system, the Republican Party’s base has been shifting away from the Northeast and toward the rapidly growing South.
4. In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the winner of the presidency did not win a majority of the popular vote.
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
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A realist scholar would suggest that the Soviet Union began engaging in relations with other states a few years after its founding, despite its earlier disregard of international diplomacy, because __________
a. the Soviet state was still a part of the international system, and its national interest was shaped by the reality of it b. it had not yet developed enough of a military presence to remain isolated and secure from attack c. a checkerboard system of alliances was inevitable in its part of the world, despite its belief that other people would join the Communist revolution d. the new state did not have a strong enough economy
______ refers to the situation where bureaucratic agencies that are supposed to regulate business and industries are staffed by individuals with close ties to the very firms that they are supposed to be regulating.
a. Nepotism b. Agency capture c. Conflict of interest d. Unethical behavior
Which of the following is a potential drawback of a bicameral legislature?
A) proliferation of elections B) less effective representation C) stalemates in policymaking D) proliferation of political parties
In Waltz's microtheory of international relations, the assumption that states act according to a survival instinct
a. is incompatible with the varied and irrational ways in which states actually behave. b. is the most simple and useful assumption to make about states' actions, even if it is not always true. c. cannot be taken for granted except where supported by empirical evidence. d. is the most common flaw in classic studies of international relations. e. is the notion that states pursue exclusively those goals that ensure their survival