How has television shaped the roles of political party leaders in nominating presidential candidates?
a. Party leaders' power has increased due to their role in selecting sound bites.
b. Party leaders spend more time raising money because of skyrocketing media costs.
c. Party leaders have come to rely on news commentators to advise them about the strongest candidates.
d. Candidates enter party conventions with established momentum that allows them to bypass party leaders.
d
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a. standard operating procedures b. constant supervision c. merit-based employment d. bureaucratic tenure
Which of the following is an example of state innovations adopted by many states and also known as policy diffusion?
a. improving voter registration numbers b. worker retraining programs c. closing non-effective schools d. maximum sentencing laws e. developments in the early space program
Which of the following is not a source of Marx’s thought?
a. The Enlightenment b. French socialist thought c. British political economy d. Christian utopian thought
Which of these would a major TV network be least likely to show for very long?
a. ambassadors fighting at the United Nations b. talking heads discussing a major news event c. the aftermath of a major natural disaster d. footage of a domestic terrorist attack