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Today, the role of political parties in American life can best be described as which of the following?
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Indirect lobbying involves each of the following except ______. meeting personally with a legislator
Today, the role of political parties in American life can best be described as which of the following? less dominant than in the past, "think crossover voting"
Political machines discouraged ______. transparency
______ primaries allow individuals to vote in any primary. Open
______ are organizations that nominate and support candidates for elected offices Political parties
An election that determines a party’s nominees for office is known as a ______ election. party
Tea Partiers and traditional Republicans disagree about many things. This is known as a ______. factional split
National parties are really a consortium of ______. state parties
A split among an electorate along party lines is known as ______ polarization
______ has a nonpartisan legislature Nebraska
The practice of elected officials giving jobs to political supporters is called ______ patronage
In 1996, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down limits on independent expenditures by political parties. T/F This is true
Super PACs tend to support incumbents over new candidates for office. This is false
The terms “political party” and “interest group” --- ---- be used interchangeably CAN NOT
Each state’s Electoral College vote is equal to its ______. congressional delegation
Maine is unique in that in 2016 it implemented a new voting system, referred to as ______ voting. ranked choice
The ______ ballot arranges the candidates for each office in columns according to their party designation. party column
The ______ ballot is also referred to as a(n) PARTY-column ballot. Indiana
The ______ ballot is also referred to as a(n) OFFICE-group ballot Massachusetts
In 2014, the Government Accountability Office released a study that dismisses the notion that states that adopted strict voter ID laws saw election turn out ---- , compared to states that ----- adopt such laws. drop, didn't
A University of Michigan study shows that voter ID laws actually had the effect of making --------- more likely to vote. democrats
For about 100 years after the Civil War, the Republicans had virtually --- ---------- in the South no presence
A decrease in the amount of money states are able to take in from sales taxes as revenue has resulted from which of the following? an increase in online purchases, and a shift away from a service oriented economy
Roughly ______ % of money coming out of state treasuries goes to K-12 education 20%
Taxes on products aimed specifically at deterring individuals from using those products are called ______ taxes. sin
Sales tax makes up for about ______ % of total state and local government tax revenues. 15%
Taxes that do not alter spending habits or behavior patterns are referred to as ______ taxes. forced consumption
Taxes levied on all taxpayers regardless of income or ability to pay are referred to as ______ taxes regressive
States rich in natural resources tend to have ----- tax burdens than do states that lack such resources. smaller
Most state and local governments budget for ----- one fiscal year
Federal systems --- more like unitary systems than are state systems. are NOT
What are the primary sources of revenue for states and localities? income, sales, and property taxes. Income and sales taxes make up the majority of combined state tax revenue, while property taxes are the largest source of tax revenue for local governments, including school districts.
What are some reasons for tax variation among the states? Political culture & history, geography, demographics, economic cycles.
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