In 2020, less than three-quarters of all eligible voters were registered, in comparison to Australia and Germany, where registration rates are higher than 90 percent. c. rely on the media to take the initiative on press coverage. e. an issue that will cost the least in taxpayers dollars, Government in America AP edition Chapter 15 T, [AP] U.S. Government Chapter 5 Vocabulary + C, Government in America: Elections and Updates Edition, George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, Robert L. Lineberry, Christina Dejong, Christopher E. Smith, George F Cole. Every U.S. state, and the United States as a nation, is an outlier in the global context. They are tightly constrained by the limited amount of material available to them. The poverty rate in the United States is substantially higher. By comparison, 91.8% of the UKs voting-age population was registered to vote in that countrys 2019 parliamentary election; the equivalent rates were 89.1% in Canada, 94.1% in New Zealand and 90.7% in Germany for those countries most recent national elections. c. are mostly privately owned. One way in which this can be fixed is to d. ensure evaluations are objective through evidence-based policymaking. d. professors. a. religion c. the least competitive part of the media is almost entirely unregulated, whereas the most competitive part is substantially regulated. The debate over how to address persistently low voter turnout is heating up ahead of the midterm elections. The political landscape is also very different in a democracy vs. under communism. a. money. b. a senator The government spends more on the ________ than on the ________. Martin Gilens research suggested that Americans opposition to welfare was based on, Criticisms of the current welfare system include each of the following EXCEPT. 4 / 07 & 130 & 1,036 \\ a. gender gap. When turnout is calculated as a share ofregisteredvoters, Swiss turnout rises to 45.1% still the second-lowest among the 50 countries we examined. with Jeremi Suri (+1) 202-857-8562 | Fax b. use of the press secretary as an instrument for dealing with the press. In many countries, the national government takes the lead in getting peoples names on the voter rolls whether by registering them automatically once they become eligible (as in, for example,Swedenor Japan) or by aggressively encouraging them to do so (as in theUnited Kingdom). c. power is so decentralized. Only. During 1931, a peak year for executions, the U.S. had 153 while Canada performed 22 and Mexico none. How much difference such laws make is unclear. Mpox was discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research. Federal Communications Commission. In February 1945, when they were confident of an Allied victory, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Stalin met near Yalta, Crimea, to discuss the reorganization of post-WWII Europe. a. Although there arent many examples, theres some indication that too many elections in too short a time can dampen voters enthusiasm. Which best characterizes the distribution of wealth and income in the United States? Which of the following is NOT a means-tested program? demography The rapid increase in urbanization in the United States in the 1900s was caused in part by __________. T or F: Americans overall are sensitive to the wording of poll questions, False (The level of trust has dropped significantly since the early 1960's), T or F: The public's trust in government is higher now then in the early 1960's, T or F: Children appear to be more likely to accept their parents' beliefs on policy than their parents' party identification, T or F: Evangelical Christians have become attached to Democratic presidential candidates, T or F: The gender gap in American public opinion has existed as long as voting records exist, T or F: Social class is probably a better indicator of political attitudes in England or France than in the United States, False (They are the most consistently liberal group within the Democratic party), T or F: Blacks are the least consistently liberal minority group within the Democratic party, T or F: Southern white voters remain loyal supporters of the Democratic party, False (They are more like whites on most issues), T or F: In their political attitudes, Asian Americans are more like Latinos and African Americans than like whites, T or F: Ignorance is one variable that makes public opinion hard to measure, T or F: Political activists display more consistent attitudes than do average citizens, T or F: A liberal on economic issues is one who favors government efforts to increase tax rates for wealthy individuals, False (Pure conservatives favor tough government control of crime, pornography, etc), T or F: "Pure conservatives" oppose all sorts of government extension, whether into economic or lifestyle matters, False (There is actually a steady decline in trust), T or F: Americans are increasingly showing more trust in their government, T or F: The new class draws more power from governmental than business institutions, T or F: Around the turn of the century, "yellow journalism" was supported by those who favored political reform, False (It describes the clash between the new class and the traditional middle class), T or F: The term "culture war" describes the clash between gays and the religious right, False (There are still sizeable differences on how men and women view such issues as going to war and gun control), T or F: The gender gap has all but disappeared in America, False (There are differences between those in the North, South, East and West. A simple random sample is to be taken of 527 business majors in a college to estimate the proportion favoring greater emphasis on business ethics in the curriculum. d. Teddy Roosevelt And, over the last decade or so, this tendency has gotten more and more pronounced, to the extent that even the state-run European and Asian news agencies have a refreshingly neutral sound about them. a. try to avoid the media to prevent damage to their reputations. Here, most everything that can be commercialized is, while overseas many more infrastructure activities are state owned and operated. True T/F Under home confinement, offenders can carry out their sentence of incarceration only in their homes; no variations are possible. While some states haverolled backearly voting, absentee or mail-in voting, and other rule changes that made voting easier in 2020 or adopted new rules that make voting more difficult or inconvenient other states have expanded ballot access. provides money from the governments general treasury to those in specific need. EXCEP. When government implements deregulation, it c. reduces it's role and lets natural market forces take over. a. sell equal time to all candidates. Do autocracies like China and Russia pose a serious threat, asks Matthew Kroenig. Which act held agencies accountable for their performance? e. education, politics and religion, Q: In comparison to other democratic nations, America has a very _____ broadcasting industry. Campaign Zero's Mapping Police Violence tracker estimates that U.S. police killed 8,767 people between 2013 and 2020 . A ________ tax takes a higher percentage from the incomes of the rich than the poor, Official poverty counts tend to underestimate poverty because. The War on Poverty programs were later attacked and had theirfunding reduced Another complicating factor for cross-national turnout comparisons: According to the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), 27 countries (and one Swiss canton, or member state of the Swiss Confederation) have laws making voting compulsory, including 12 of the 50 countries examined here. b. January 20, 2023 It's everyone talking at once. family. As illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, the results of the comparison suggest that the position of voters in the Republican Party is one of the most conservative on these issues compared with party voters across almost all other Western democracies, except for Greece, where the Orthodox church has long been vigorously opposed to reproductive rights. a. American media are less regulated than foreign media despite the greater need for regulation here. a. war, gun control, and pornography by Noah Berman Another complicating factor, besides demographics, is how countries register their voters. Note: Circles sized by the percentage of the vote won by the party in the latest election in this data. Q: Politicians have become more heavily dependent on the media as: "the book" consists of the laws they are obligated to enforce. 2 / 08 & 126 & 1,060 \\ . Getty. Especially when race and religion and considered), T or F: The region of America one lives in has no bearing on political attitudes, T or F: Most states, unlike the federal government, have passed laws that force reporters to disclose their confidential sources, T or F: Social class is used by some writers to explain public opinion, False (It describes the media's role in influencing what subjects become national political issues, and for how long), T or F: The term "gatekeeper" describes the relationship between Congress and the media, T or F: Television stations get their FCC licenses renewed automatically unless some community group formally objects, False (Insider stories are not based on public events but on leaks or investigative reporting), T or F: Insider stories concern public events that any reporter can find out about but that few reporters bother to cover, False (Leaks to the press go back as far as government itself), T or F: The insider leak is a comparatively new phenomenon in American politics, T or F: The media is likely to have the most effect on how we think about matters on which we are not well-informed, T or F: Presidents have been known to reward journalists by giving them exclusive interviews or insider stories, T or F: The media are able to regulate and control opinion and politics in America, Q: All of the following were intended to be checks on public opinion except: \hline d. They have considerable latitude to express their ideological biases in the selection of "background" or "feature" stories. In short, Washington politics are mostly an embarrassment to most Americans. with James M. Lindsay and Michelle Gavin In 69 democracies, the head of state (whether a president or a constitutional monarch) functions mainly as the personification of the nation and performs primarily ceremonial duties, while most executive power resides with the "head of government," typically a prime minister. However, our new "Obamacare" system attempts to use our existing private health insurance carriers (regulated by our individual states) to require everyone to pay for health insurance - except those who can't pay and will be subsidized by those who can. During the Obama administration, the Dodd-Frank Act was put in place to protect the nation's _____ from possible failure during the economic downturn. d. incentives. c. John F. 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