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- The ----- principle helps us understand how, through the incumbency advantage, the lack of diversity in the one congressional session carries over into the next year.
- To whom are members of Congress primarily responsible?
- The rules that Congress has on legislative procedure make it less effective at lawmaking.
- Which of the following considerations do Democratic and Republican staffers pay roughly equal attention to?
- Based on the following chart, which statement best characterizes the accuracy of staffer perceptions of constituent preferences?
- Congress is the United States' representative body as well as its legislative body. How does its representational role influence its legislative role?
- True or False: Party identification is down as political participation in general is down
- does party identification determine how people will vote?
- - States had the power to tax - Congress could raise money only by asking the states for funds, borrowing from foreign governments, and selling western lands- Congress could not draft soldiers or regulate trade.- No provision for national courts or a chief executive.
- The tendency to seek out information sources that support one's existing belief system is called
- This constitution amendment abolished poll tax in 1964
- Which one of the followings is NOT one of California's four direct democracy tools?
- A man is accused of owning an illegal weapon that was discovered by the police during a search of the defendant's home without a warrant or probable cause. The case is most likely dismissed due to lack of evidence because
- The procedural protections that government must follow before depriving anyone of life, liberty, or property
- An act of the legislature convicting someone of a crime and imposing a punishment without a trial.
- A person, especially a politician, who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
- Which one of the following statements is NOT one of the Differences Between The Federal and California Government?
- Which of the following groups was not allowed to vote until the 1960s?
- Which one of the following is a conventional political participation?
- California voters may gather signatures to put proposed laws or constitutional amendments directly on the ballot for voters to approve or reject.