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An interest group is...
an organization that actively attempts to influence government policy.
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Interest groups...
have the right "peaceably to assemble" under the Frist Amendment.
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A lobbyist is...
an individual or organization who attempts to influence legislation and government administrative decisions.
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A(n)... is a group of political activists who organize to win elections, operate the government, and determine public policy.
political party
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Lobbying is...
an individual's or organization's attempt to influence legislation and government administrative decisions.
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Alexis de Tocqueville observed in 1834 that "in no country of the world has the principle of association been....
more successfully used or applied to a greater multitude of objectives than in America."
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In Madison's view, a multitude of interests...
works to discourage the formation of an oppressive majority interest.
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A(n)... is a movement that represents the demands of a large segment of the public for political, economic, or social change.
social movement
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All of the following statements about social movements are true except...
they typically represent social elites.
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More interest groups are formed to represent...interest than any other type of interest.
Economic
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A statewide election of delegates to a political party's national convention to help a party to determine its presidential nominee is...
a presidential primary.
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To be elected President of the United States, a candidate must...
be a natural-born U.S citizen.
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A candidate for the U.S. Senate...
must be a resident of the state from which elected.
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Holders of political office in the United States today are usually...
white and male.
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As a result of ... the number of African American public officials increased throughout the United States.
civil rights legislation in the 1960s
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Until recently, women were generally considered to be appropriate candidates...
only for lower-level offices, such as state legislator or school board member.
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In the last twenty years the number of women running for office at the federal and state level has...
increased significantly.
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Candidates for public office are likely to be...
lawyers.
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Campaigns, which used to center on political parties, now center on...
candidates.
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Part of the reason for the increased intensity of campaigns in the last decade is that they are now centered on the...
candidate, not on the parties.
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The candidate-centered campaign emerged in response to all of the following developments except
the increasingly important role of the parties
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A striking feature of today's political campaigns is the...
importance of paid professionals rather than volunteers.
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Most political consultants...
will work only for candidates of one political party
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The goal of a political campaign is to...
win the election.
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In order to win in American politics today, candidates seek to capture...
all of the votes of their party's supporters, a majority of the independent voters and a few votes from supporters of the other party.
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If a candidate is a highly visible incumbent seeking reelection,...
there may be little need to campaign except to remind voters of the officeholder's good deeds.
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In the case of an independent candidate or a candidate representing a minor party, the most pressing problem is to convince voters...
that they have a serious chance of winning.
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Tracking polls are used...
on a daily basis to find out how well a candidate is competing for votes as Election Day approaches.
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A small group of individuals who are led in discussion by a professional consultant to gather opinions on, and responses to, candidates and issues is a...
focus group.
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The general intent of the several federal corrupt practices acts passed by Congress was to...
limit and regulate the size and sources of contributions and expenditures in political campaings.
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The people that a legislator spends considerable time and effort serving are...
constituents
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The founders of the American republic believe that most of the power that would be exercised by a national government should be in the hands of the...
legislature
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The logic of seperate constituencies and separate interest underlying the bicameral Congress was reinforced by...
difference in length of tenure
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The principal and most obvious function of any legislature is...
lawmaking
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The concept of logrolling refers to...
an arrangement by which two or more members of Congress agree in advance to support each other's bills.
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A representative who is performing the role of a trustee is...
acting on conscience or representing the broad interest of the entire society.
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A representative who acts on conscience or to represent the broad interests of the entire society is acting as a(n)...
trustee
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A representative who is performing the role of an instructed delegate is...
primarily representing the wishes of his or her constituents.
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A representative who primarily represents the wishes of his or her constituents is acting as a(n)...
instructed delegate.
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One major problem with the role of the instructed delegate is that...
the constituents may not actually have well-formed views on many issues.
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Casework is...
constituent service
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A Person who hears and investigates complaints by private officials against public officials or agencies is...
an ombudsperson
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Oversight is the process by which Congress...
makes sure laws it has enacted are being enforced in the way it intended
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When Congress makes sure laws it has enacted are being enforced in the way it intended, it is exercising...
oversite
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Determining which public-policy questions will be debated or considered is...
agenda setting.
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The enumerated powers of Congress are powers...
expressly given to that body in the Constitution.
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Which of the following Is Not a congressional power provided for by an Amendment to the Constitution?
declaring war
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The necessary and proper clause...
has expanded the role of the national government relative to the states.
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One major difference between the House and Senate is the total number of members, a difference that has meant....
a greater number of formal rules are needed to govern activity in the House.
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An attempt in the Senate to prevent the passage of a bill through the use of unlimited debate is...
filibuster
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