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Presidential elections are held in the United States on the first Tuesday of November ________ year(s).
every four
A poll tax is
A now-unconstitutional fee charged to vote, used to restrict voting rights.
Google News, Reddit, and Real Clear Politics are good examples of
news aggregators
Which of the following is a good example of a media monopoly?
Disney
News produced by individuals and organizations who are not employed as professional journalists is called
citizen journalism.
________ states currently require all voters to show some form of ID before voting at the polls.
More than half of all
Congress is a ________ legislature with ________ total voting members.
bicameral; 535
In Congress, the Speaker of the House is selected by the
majority party.
A U.S. senator has a ________-year term, while a U.S. representative has a _____ year term.
six; two
The political party that holds fewer seats in the Senate than any other party is known as the
minority party.
The free-rider problem occurs because
the benefits of a group’s actions are broadly available to both members and nonmembers.
The difference between a political value and a political attitude is that values are
basic principles, while attitudes are specific preferences.
The kind of representation that takes place when constituents have the power to hire and fire their representatives is called ________ representation.
substantive
A bill’s supporters in the House of Representatives generally prefer ________, while opponents generally prefer a(n) ________.
a closed rule; open rule
What is the gender gap?
The difference in support for Republicans and Democrats among men and women.
You’ve joined an interest group primarily for the discount card members get in for traveling. Which benefits are you interested in getting from participation in the group?
material benefit
In most states, who controls the redistricting process?
the state legislature
A representative has proposed a bill on criminal justice reform. What kind of rule would she likely prefer and why
closed rule, because she does not want amendments offered that could potentially kill or water down the bill
The idea behind micro-targeting is to
send different campaign messages to different demographic groups of voters.
What are conference committees?
Conference committees are temporary, involve members from both houses of Congress, and are charged with reaching a compromise on legislation once it has been passed by both the House and the Senate.
Congressional Democrats have developed a proposal to cancel a portion of student loan debt. Before putting the bill before Congress for a vote, party leadership has requested an estimate of the cost of such a proposal from
the Congressional Budget Office.
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a report on the Paycheck Protection Program showing that billions of dollars in loans intended to help small businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic had been diverted to fraud, waste, and abuse. This would be an example of the ____________ function of congressional committees.
oversight
The Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 with all 50 Democrats supporting the bill and all 50 Republicans opposing the bill. Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote. This is an example of
a party unity vote.
In what way can members of Congress’s privilege of being able to send mail free of charge to constituents give them an advantage?
They can use this privilege to advertise their accomplishments to their constituents which helps them gain name recognition and can increase their favorability among constituents.
In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) the Supreme Court ruled that
the government could not restrict independent expenditures by corporations or unions on behalf of candidates or issues.