Imagine you are a die-hard member of party A, but you wanted the less popular candidate from party B to be party A's general election opponent. What type of primary election system would allow you to vote for the less popular candidate in party B during the primaries without changing parties?
A. semi-closed primary system
B. closed primary system
C. open primary system
D. None of these answers is correct.
Answer: C
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A. Poor people have little initiative, even in good economic times. B. Religious organizations typically cut back their charity programs during good economic times. C. Public opinion opposes government programs that seem to redistribute income. D. The national government has not created major programs to eliminate poverty.
Which of these could occur in an illiberal democracy but is highly unlikely to occur in a liberal democracy?
a. The president claims an electoral mandate for an ambitious agenda of reform. b. The government pushes through policies intended to bring rapid economic growth. c. The bureaucracy grows so large that elected officials begin to lose policy-making power. d. The ruling party cancels the results of an election that gives a large share of government power to a minority party.
Jacob is interested to see if there is a relationship between student absentee rate and national
test scores. Which would be the appropriate research method to use? a) historical b) correlational c) descriptive d) longitudinal
The desire of presidents to centralize economic policymaking power is best illustrated by the __________
A)launch of the Primary Deal Credit Facility B)creation of the Federal Reserve Board C)relocation of the Bureau of Budget to the EOP D)establishment of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs