True or false:
State governments are units of the federal government.
What is false?
100
News organizations and sometimes political candidates are reliant on this to know what the people are thinking.
What is polling?
100
These are two kinds of political participation.
What are unconventional and conventional political participation?
200
According to Thomas Hobbes, life without government would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." Hobbes believed that the main purpose of governement was____.
What is maintaining order?
200
This type of democracy is a system where citizens elect public officials to govern on their behalf.
What is representative democracy?
200
Under ____ federalism, the relationship between the state and local government can be characterized by tension.
What is dual federalism?
200
This answer is not correct.
a. Opinions about a given government policy can change over time, often dramatically.
b. Public opinion places boundaries on allowable types of public policies.
c. If asked by pollsters, citizens are usually not willing to register opinions on matters outside their experience.
d. Governments tend to respond to public opinion, though government sometimes does not do what the people want.
What is c?
200
There are two kinds of conventional participation. __a__ behavior expresses allegiance to country and government.-__b__ behavior seeks to modify or reverse government policy to serve interests.
What is (a) supportive behavior (b) influencing behavior?
300
The Civil Rights movement is an example of citizens demanding this purpose of government.
What is equality?
300
True or False:
Substantive democracy focuses on the procedures of government rather than the actual policies that are being enacted by the government.
What is false?
300
Under this form of federalism, federal and state powers are mixed and mingled.
What is cooperative federalism?
300
This type of media creates a two-way flow of information from readers to the media and vice versa.
What is the internet?
300
This is the most common form of political behavior in industrial democracies.
What is voting?
400
Describe how freedom can clash with equality?
What is (subjective)
400
The _____ model of democracy assumes that citizens are knowledgeable, want to vote, and make rational voting decisions.
What is majoritarian?
400
Congress has increased scope of federal government during_____
What are times of emergencies?
400
These people are leaders in particular policy areas and can gather information and the pass it on to the numerous people who “tune in” to them for expertise.
Who are attentive policy elites?
400
This is the single stongest factor in determining whether or not a person will vote.
What is level of education?
500
Using body scanners in airport security is an example of government valuing order over _____.
What is freedom?
500
True or False:
The pluralist model of democracy is driven by a decentralized government.
What is true?
500
In regards to federalism, the Supreme Court tends to favor ______.
What are state's rights?
500
Describe the three patterns of political distribution.
What is:
a. Skewed: most respondents with one opinion
b. Bimodal: two answers chosen with equal frequency
c. Normal: bell-shaped, requiring a moderate approach to policymaking
500
Voting, wearing candidate t-shirts, and displaying bumber stickers are examples of ____-initiative activities in conventional political participation.