The federal government
This is the supreme law of the United States.
What is the Constitution?
This supersedes state law when state and federal law are in disagreement.
What is the Constitution?
These are the primary governing entities below the state government in 48 of 50 states.
What are counties?
Federal elections are held in this month of even-numbered years.
What is November?
These organizations are influential because of their ability to mobilize large numbers of worker members.
What are unions?
As a republic, the ultimate power in the United States lies with this body.
Who are the people?
The executive branch of each state is led by this person.
Who is the governor?
These bodies typically set policy and exercise executive functions in counties.
What is a county commission or a board of supervisors?
Senators serve (this many) year terms.
What are 6 year terms?
This is controlled by the private sector in the US and faces no political censorship by the government.
What is the media?
These are the three branches of US government.
What are legislative, executive, and judicial?
These are two things for which state governments have primary responsibility:
What are: education standards and public education, transportation networks, state-colleges and universities, licensing and regulating businesses and professions, non-federal courts and criminal justice, public safety, marriage and driver's licenses birth and death certificates, housing and nutrition programs, state parks and recreation, elections, state national guard?
This is one type of elected county position.
What is a sheriff, judge, justice of the peace, medical examiner, comptroller, assessor, or prosecutor?
(name one)
This is possible because the president is not elected directly by a popular vote.
What is to lose the election despite receiving a majority of the popular vote.
This kind of dispute is when foreign governments impose duties on imports to influence policy change.
What is a trade dispute?
This system distributes power among the three branches.
What are checks and balances?
This is the highest court in each state.
What is the state supreme court or court of appeals?
This type of government is an incorporated city, town, or village within, or independent of, a county having their own governing and taxing authority.
What is a municipal government?
States hold presidential primaries or these to determine how many delegates will represent each candidate at national party nominating conventions.
What are caucuses?
Foreign governments may lobby or conduct public relations in the US, but may not do this.
What is contribute financially to the campaign of any candidate for federal office?
If a president vetoes a bill, Congress may override the veto by doing this.
What is a 2/3 vote by both the House and Senate?
This is the only state that has a single chamber legislature.
What is Nebraska?
In most states, these elected bodies create budgets, set policies, and hire administrators to run the schools.
What are school boards or boards of trustees?
This number represents the lowest number of votes needed to claim the majority of electoral votes.
What is 270?
Public policy research organizations that conduct original research, publish books and papers, and prepare position papers on policy topics are sometimes called these.
What are think tanks?