Pols Ch. 11-13 – Flashcards
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Partisan eras are characterized by
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Stability in the issues that are important and in the divisions in the public between the parties.
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The statement that third parties are irrelevant in modern-day politics is
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Less accurate than in the past due to the Tea Party victories of the 2010 midterm elections.
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The only way an interest group can directly lobby the judiciary is to
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challenge the legality of laws or administrative regulations by filing suit or filing amicus briefs in courts.
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Astroturf lobbying refers to
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indirect lobbying efforts that manipulate public sentiment.
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Following the stricter rules on gifts and travel established by the 1995 Lobbying Disclosure Act, over the past decade Congress has
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eased the restrictions on gifts and travel provided for representatives and senators by lobbyists
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The "revolving door" exists because
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some of the most effective lobbyists are former government officials.
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Corporate and business interest groups are the most numerous and powerful of all interest groups because
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the government plays a key role in regulating the economy and setting the rules for economic competition.
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Interest groups perform all of the following roles in politics EXCEPT
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electing members to public office.
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Realignment refers to a
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Substantial and long-term shift in party allegiance by individuals and groups, usually resulting in a change in policy direction.
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As a method of selecting leaders, democratic elections ensure that the
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leader chosen is the most popular candidate on the ballot.
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The primary impact of state voter registration laws has been to
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decrease turnout
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All of the following statements concerning the legal obstacles to voting in the United States are true EXCEPT:
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Politicians have been eager to pass major electoral reforms in order to build a stronger base for their parties.
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Some of the overall decline in voter turnout at the end of the twentieth century was likely due to
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declining citizen involvement in community groups.
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The single biggest factor accounting for how people decide to vote is
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party identification
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According to the text, the images that voters have of candidates usually cause voters to
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form clear opinions about candidate qualities that are relevant to governing.
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Typically the three important tasks of the presidential convention are to pick the presidential candidate,
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select the vice presidential candidate, and write the party's platform.
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Swing voters are
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people who have not made up their minds at the start of the campaign.
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The founders created the Electoral College and specified that senators would be chosen by the state legislatures because
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they feared that the people would band together with like-minded people to fight for their own interests rather make choices based on the public good.
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The What's at Stake? feature in this chapter chronicles the steady decline of which of the following news sources?
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newspapers
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Which of the following is NOT a question the textbook says you should ask when reading a newspaper, watching the news, or surfing the Internet?
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Is there good news in this story?
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Most politicians like radio and television because these media
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allow politicians to reach a broad audience without the adversarial questions of print reporters.
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The most recent change we have seen in the way news is being disseminated and how candidates are creating networks of supporters is
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the use of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networking sites for these purposes.
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The drive to attract customers to newspapers in the 1800s led publishers to print papers that were all of the following EXCEPT
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less dependent on advertising
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The corporate nature of the American media has caused
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advertisers to dictate the content of the news
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__________ is NOT an alternative to corporate media.
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Infotainment
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The impact of the deregulation of broadcast journalism by the 1996 Telecommunications Act has been to
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increase the possibilities of media monopoly.
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A major criticism of the disseminator role of journalism is that
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it does nothing to help citizens understand the news.
