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What media source do more Americans rely on than any other to get their news? - ANSWER Television
The proportion of voters who actually voted is called the - ANSWER turnout rate
The phenomenon of large corporations buying smaller ones so that there are fewer and fewer companies' products available is called - ANSWER consolidation
Political scientists' view that a function of a party is to offer a clear choice to voters by establishing priorities or policy stances that differ from those of rival parties is called the - ANSWER responsible party model
The situation in which voters vote for candidates from more than one party is called - ANSWER ticket splitting
_____ refers to a means of candidate evaluation in which voters focus on the candidates' policy positions they consider most important and vote for the candidate who best represents their own views. - ANSWER Prospective voting
News compilation services make news that we want from various outlets available in one place. They are called - ANSWER Services that compile news we want from various outlets in one location are called
The public's expressed views about an issue at a specific point in time is called - ANSWER public opinion
Polls conducted at polling places on Election Day to determine the winner of an election
before the polls close are called - ANSWER exit polls
The influence of an important external event in shaping the views of a generation is called the - ANSWER generational effect
A potential positive effect of technology is that it can raise the level of - ANSWER political participation
The process by which public outreach is utilized to establish a positive view of the organization by the public is known as - ANSWER climate control
The division of the media based on the specific audiences they cater to is referred to as
- ANSWER media segmentation
The - ANSWER free rider problem is a phenomenon wherein someone benefits from others' actions.
By which candidates running for lower-level office such as city council benefit in an election from the popularity of a top-of-ticket nominee is called the - ANSWER coattail effect
Merging various media forms such as newspapers, television stations, radio networks and blogs under one roof is termed as - ANSWER convergence
In a poll, the group of people whose opinions are of interest and/or about whom information is desired is called the - ANSWER population
A _____ is a follow-up election held when no candidate receives the majority of votes cast in the original election. - ANSWER run-off election
The role that the party out of power plays, highlighting its objections to policies and
The federal law that had required stations to provide equal time to all sides regarding important public issues and equal access to airtime to all candidates for public office was called the - ANSWER fairness doctrine
A philosophy supporting the rights and empowerment of the masses as opposed to elites is called - ANSWER populism
A fundamental change in party loyalties or electoral behavior by a very large segment of the population is known as - ANSWER realignment
What socio-demographic variables make the greatest distinction in determining who accesses the Internet most? - ANSWER age and education
A possible perverse impact of technology on politics is that it assists in fermenting - ANSWER extremism
The motivation to join an interest group based on a belief in the group's cause from an ideological standpoint is called a(n) - ANSWER purposive incentive
The public issues that demand the most attention from government officials are called the - ANSWER public agenda
A random-sampling process in which the national population is divided into fourths and certain areas within these regions are selected as representative of the national population is called - ANSWER stratified sampling
To social scientists, the ways in which our lives are improved by social connections is called - ANSWER social capital
The motivation to join an interest group based on the companionship and the satisfaction derived from socializing with others is called - ANSWER solidary incentives
The Internet-centered political efforts on behalf of candidates and causes is known as - ANSWER netroots
According to the text, a group that raises and spends money to influence the outcome of an election is called - ANSWER a political action committee
Outcomes shared by the general public are called - ANSWER collective goods
The formal party apparatus, including committees, party leaders, conventions and workers, is called the - ANSWER party organization
Polls that measure changes in public opinion over the course of days, weeks, or months by repeatedly asking respondents the same questions and measuring changes in their responses are called - ANSWER tracking polls
Journalists who criticized and exposed corruption in government and industry at the turn of the twentieth century were called - ANSWER muckrakers
The election that determines which candidates win the offices being sought is called a - ANSWER general election
Those people, organizations, and institutions that help individuals acquire political views are called - ANSWER agents of socialization
The measurable difference in the way women and men vote for candidates and in the way they view political issues is called the - ANSWER gender gap
The idea that it is not economically rational for people to participate in collective action when the resultant collective good could be realized without participating is the essence of - ANSWER rational choice theory
congressional district is an example of - ANSWER pork barreling
The process by which the legislative branch checks the executive to ensure that the laws Congress passed are being administered in keeping with the legislature's intent is called - ANSWER oversight
The person considered to hold the most powerful position in the Senate is the - ANSWER Majority Leader
_____ refers to the process by which Congress "checks" the executive branch to ensure that laws are being administered according to the legislature's intentions. - ANSWER Oversight
A model of representation saying a member of Congress should vote for the position representing the best view of his or her constituents even though the legislator may not hold those views is called - ANSWER the instructed delegate model.
The system whereby the member with the longest continuous tenure on a standing committee gets preference when the committee selects its chair is known as - ANSWER the seniority system
The job of appointing the Fed chair and sending a budget to Congress is the president acting in his role as - ANSWER chief economist
Presidential powers that are conferred on presidents by acts of Congress are known as
Statements in writing by the President included in the bill signature process outlining certain objections to provisions included in a law. - ANSWER Signing statements
A written message that the president issues upon signing a bill into law is called - ANSWER a signing statement
The office that creates the president's annual budget is - ANSWER the Office of Management and Budget
The President alone can issue _____ which recognizes another country's government as legitimate and opens formal relations between the United States and that country's government. - ANSWER diplomatic recognition
A(n) _____ is the power of the president to issue orders that carry the force of law. - ANSWER executive order
The constitutional powers of the Vice-President include ALL of the following EXCEPT - ANSWER preside over special projects of the president
The constitutional basis for inherent powers of the president is the - ANSWER take care clause
The Framers created a single person executive branch separate from the legislative branch because - ANSWER they believed it was necessary to remove the politics of making laws from the politics of enforcing laws
Appointing the cabinet and determining how the bureaucracy will carry out the laws is the responsibility of the president as - ANSWER chief executive
Which of the following is NOT a power vested in the president as Commander in Chief by the Constitution? - ANSWER the power to declare war
The significance of the "1921 Budget and Accounting Act" is - ANSWER it requires the President to submit a unified budget proposal to Congress
_____ of the US Constitution addresses the executive branch of the federal government.
_____ is the authority delegated to bureaucrats to use their expertise and judgment when determining how to implement public policy. - ANSWER Administrative discretion
The independent administrative agency that is the central personnel office for the federal bureaucracy today is the - ANSWER Office of Personnel Management
