What are some differences we would expect if the Founding Fathers had created a more parliamentary regime, as in Great Britain?
What will be an ideal response?
? Broad popular desires would become policy more quickly.
? There would be more centralization of power, more national planning, and less local autonomy.
? Citizens would have fewer opportunities to challenge or block policies.
? The executive would be more powerful.
? Taxation would be higher and more centralized.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Chi-square is represented by which symbol?
a. n2 b. ?2 c. r2 d. X2
What was the effect of more than a dozen states adopting a requirement that voters show a picture ID at the polls before the 2012 election?
A. It raised the cost of participation for poor and minority voters who are more likely not to possess driver's licenses or passports. B. It reduced the cost of participation for wealthy White voters who are more likely to have a driver's license or a passport. C. It did not really have an effect because equal numbers of Republican and Democratic states adopted these new rules so the effects canceled each other out. D. There was no effect on the cost-benefit calculation for voters because everyone has either a driver's license or a passport.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.