Political parties serve to
Link e public with its elected leaders
enable people with different backrounds and opinons to act topogeher
officer the public a choice berween policies and leaders
provide potential leaders
all of these are correct
The major emerging voting blocs are
Hispanic and yong people
The most fully organizated imterests are those that have which of the following as their primarly purpose
Economic activity
Some gepups pursue collective goods a collective good is one that
Cannot be selective grand or denied to imdividuals it must be shared
During his visit to this contry in the 1830 alexis de tocqueville describe united states as natiom of
Joiners
The dominant labor interes group
The AFL-CIO
A purposive incentive is defined as
The opportunity to contribute to a worthy goal or purpse
The air we breathe is an example of a
Collective good
Which of the following is true of employment in lobbing firms by members of comgress
Most members of congress join lobbying firms inmmediatly after leaving congress
Wich of the following groups primarly uses litigation as its lobbying method
ACLU
The term iron triangle reders to
A small and informal but relatively stable set of bureaucatrs legislators and lobbyists who are concerned with promoting a particular interest
A main difference between iron triangle ans issue networking is that
Issue networking ,neing less for,al rely om outside lobbying only while iron triangle use lobbying only
PACs thend to contribuite the most money to
Incubents
The term farming is used to describe
Process of selecting certain aspects of reality a s them crafting news stories around those aspects
In comparation with today newspaper early america news papers
Could not have survived without political support
What technology led editors to shbstitute news reports for opinon community
Telegraph
The yellow jurnalism of late nenetheeth century was characterizes by
The emphasis on sensationalis as a way of selling news papers
Objetive journalism is based on the idea thar the reporters jobs is to
Report the facts and cover alternative sides of a parrisan debate
The FCC's equal time requirement
Reqires boroadcasters to give equal time to third parties as well democrats and republicans
Of the following televison networking is typically considerated the mosr partisan
Fox news
The reason the news products is designed to facinate as well apps to inform is becuse
News organization are fundamentally bussines and most obtain reveue ro survive
The media perform the signaling role by
Informing the public of breaking events ans new develpments
One of the reasons the reporting of national news is relativlely uniform amonf news spurces is thar
There are only a few important events each day that merit news coverage
The news medias common carrier role is based on the idea that
The press should provide a channel thorugh which political leaders can communicate their views to the public
The waterbate scandal ilustrates the
Power of medi to serve as watchdog to safeguard abuses of power
The farmers of the constitution saw this as the preeminent component of the federal government
The supreme court
the burecreacy
the congres the president
none of these answers is correct
The modern confress is different form the ninenth century congress i pn that most members
Are now professional politicans who want to stay in congress
Campain spending tneds to be a much greater task for
Challengers than for incumbents
Redistricting
Is conducted by stare legislature
One must____ years of age to serve im the U.S. House of representive and ____ years of age to seve in the U.S. Senate
25;30
Which of the followin groups is overroeresneted in comgress
Clerical workers
The most powerful person from the minorth party in the house is the
Minority leader
A standing commitee in the house or senate
Is a permant commite
has juridisticton over a particular policy are
has autorithy to draft amend and recommend legislation
is usally organized according to the senatory principle
all of these are correct
Most of legislative work of comgress is preformed by
The standing commite and their subcommites woth jurodostictoon over particular policy areas
When the house and senate pass different verison of a bill the doffernce are resolved by a
Conference committee
Bills are formally introduced in congress by
Members of comgress only
Most of the work on legislature in co gres is done by
By commitee ans their respective subcommite
Which of the following is o e of the major function of congress's politymakig role
Lawmaking
There are currenty_____ voting memebers of the U.S. House of Representives and _____ voting members of tne U.S. Senate
435;100
Wchich nation does not have a one house dominant legislature
The United States