1. Which of the following statements about interest groups is most accurate?
Americans are much less likely to join political and social organizations than people in other countries, but America has far more organized interest groups than other countries.
Americans are much more likely to join political and social organizations than people in other countries, but America has far fewer organized interest groups than other countries.
Americans are much less likely to join political and social organizations than people in other countries, and America has far fewer organized interest groups than other countries.
Americans are much more likely to join political and social organizations than people in other countries, and America has far more organized interest groups than other countries.
2. During the 2020 Democratic presidential election primaries, many called on Senator Bernie Sanders to run as a third-party candidate, but Sanders remained a Democratic Party candidate. Which best explains why the candidate would opt out of running as a third-party candidate in the United States?
Duverger’s law shows that third party candidates have little chance under U.S. elections.
Proportional representation would prevent a third party from gaining traction at the federal level.
Runoff elections bar the entry of third-party candidates.
Party organizations for third parties are extremely robust, just not quite as robust as the major two parties.
3.According to Duverger’s law, which political system would most likely result in two dominant parties?
proportional representation with multimember districts
proportional representation with single-member districts
plurality rule elections with single member districts
majority rule elections with multimember districts
4.Because of the ease of donating money online, the number of people who have donated to political campaigns since 1992 has
decreased by half.
doubled.
quadrupled.
remained constant.
