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ANG 4

American National Government Exam 4

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Durig elections _____ regiemes allow for viable opposition, while the leaders of _____ regimes do not permermit themselves to lose. Democratic; authoritarian
the united states holds its national elections every four years
a midtterm election is when there is not a presidential election
elections within the united states are the responciblity of state and local govenment
the purpose of a primart election is to determine candidates
the practice of people voting directly for proposed law is called referandum
which of the following publuc officials are subject to recall elections? ALL THE ABOVE
as a result of the unitd states cencus every ten years what are redrawn? Legislative districts
the term for drawing district boundaries to give an unfair advantage to or one party is called gerrymandering
Benign gerrymandering is when attempts to draw district boundares so as to create districts made up primarily of disadvantaged or underepresentated minorities.
who was responcible for the printing of ballots for elections prior to the 1890s Political Parties
the term "straight ticket refers to voting for candidates within the same party who are running for multipule positions.
The electoral college is the last remaining form of ____ voting inirect
if bill clinton won the plurality of votes in CA in the 1992 presidential election and CA had 52 represenatives to congress, how many electoral votes from CA did clinton win? 54
One of the reasons for John Kennedy's defetet of Nixion i the presidential election of 1960 was Kenedy did better on TV than Nixion
the current office holder running for re election is called the incumbent
the first noinating convention held by a major political party the 1832 presidential election
the purpose of delegates is political activists selected to vote at party's national convention and determines nomenee
which of the following are important to modern political campaigns Media mail and telephone
all of the following are true of town meeting except TRUE: -clinton pioneered it -reach mass audiences -no journalists
By using donor list or magazine subscription lists, candidates are able to engage in mailing list
all of the following are truee of PACs except -private groups -have been important since the great depression -give money to campaigns
retrospective voting is when basing voting decsions based on past reactions
Which of the following represent the main groups that are represenated by PACs bussiness and professioonal groups
according to the supreame court the right of the people to sen their money to run for office is protected by the first amendment
money donated to a party to sponsor party building and voter registration is considered soft money
the word "Bureaucracy" translated literaly means office or desk rule
in 1968 the federal govenment not including military personel had _____ employees 3 million
Implementation is the execution of a plan
which of the following statements about administratev rule making is true -produces regulation by government agencies -such rules take force after a period of public commitment -once rules are approved they are published by the federal register and have the force of law.
a way to reduce government costs by relocating government programs to private groups or corporations is known as privitization
when federal government is downsized by delegating the implementation of programs to state and local governments it is called devultion
when you add together the federal programs that were terminated during the presidencies of both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, total to ZERO!!!!!!!!!!
National Performance Review was organized to do which of the folllowing Cut spending efficency
the main goal of all of the followng federal agences wass to help stregthen the economy Except; FEMA FEMA!!!!! FEMA!!!!!!!!!!!
A lack of communication between the domestic and foreign security agencies became evident september 11th attacks
the largest number of people working for the federal government overseas work for he Dep of Dep of defence
which of the Cabinet department's primary mission is that of diplomacy? State Department
the coodination of the comication and activites of the fedral agencies that are involved in domestic security is the role of the department of homeland security
which fo the following federal agencies was critisized for failing to successfullly respond to Hurricane Katrina in 2005? FEMA FEMA!!!!!! FEMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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