These are some question from my government homework
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1. According to Patterson, "frames of reference" provide people with an analytical
short-cut that helps them organize a broad range of facts with respect to a set of
expectations about what is politically possible.
2. One of the reasons why voter turnout is lower in the US than in Western European
countries is that US registration laws place less of a burden on the individual.
3. According to Patterson, media responds to news opportunities, which means they
focus on the factually accurate and positive story.
4. As discussed in the Persuaders, successful narrow-casting assumes the ability to
profile voters, which in turn requires access to a broad range of detailed personal
information.
5. Under current campaign finance law, Super PACs are allowed to accept limited
corporate, union, and individual donations and make limited expenditures to
advocate for or against state and local candidates.
6. A blanket primary system intends to strengthen both party/ candidate and voter/
party identification.
7. According to Michael Lind, the greatest triumph of "rentier interests" has been the
redefinition of "capitalist" to mean simply "anybody who makes money."
8. The Citizen's United majority recognized the "corrosive and distorting effects of
immense wealth accumulated through the corporate form" as a compelling
government interest enabling expenditure restrictions.
9. Direct democracy mechanisms are attractive because sponsoring interests can
bypass the politics of the legislature and governor.
10. Mobilizing constituency pressure is the focus of an inside-lobbying strategy.
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11. Californians no longer view the initiative as a "safety valve" only to be used when
representative institutions fail.
12. Economic interest groups are advantaged over non-economic groups because they
manifest a close relationship between the rank and file and the group's leadership.
13. The recent vote here in the City of Sacramento concerning the building of a new
arena for the Kings, was an example of a compulsory referendum
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14. With the Enlightenment, the Framers understood "self-government" to involve the
exercise of an independent capacity for rational thought and action. In the
Persuaders, what different set of assumptions about human beings seems to guide
the strategies there discussed? What techniques are employed to accomplish.