The opinion of the general public tends to have little impact on government decision making because __________

a. corporate propaganda skews the results
b. opinion surveys tend to show widely variable results
c. elected officials know that they will not be held accountable for their actions
d. indifference and fragmentation make it difficult to discern what the public truly thinks


d

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A. Assimilatory identities B. Contradictory identities C. Disparate identities D. Oppositional identities

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Constitutionalism is a concept of _____

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Policy entrepreneurs are people who invest __________ in an issue

a. their life savings— b. financial expertise c. political capital d. scant attention

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At the state constitutional convention of 1875, the Grange represented the interests of which of the following groups?

a) big business b) plantation owners c) the railroads d) farmers e) agribusinesses

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