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Civil liberties are guaranteed by ________.

When voters use endorsements or party labels instead of researching each candidate’s platform, they are relying on:

Elmer Fudd wants to gets a law passed to extend rabbit hunting season.  Elmer hires Acme Lobbying to create the perception of more support for this law than actually exists. Acme creates 500 fake Twitter accounts and uses them to send messages of support to the local government about passing this law.  They are trying to make the local government think that many local citizens want this law to be changed, when in reality, it is just Elmer.  Which of the following terms best describes the lobbying tactic being used by Acme Lobbying?

Mass surveys enable researchers to draw inferences about the __________ based on a ___________ of respondents.  

A voter who identifies as an Independent (i.e., not attached to a party) wishes to vote in his state’s upcoming Democratic primary election. In which type of primary would he be required to change his registration to vote in the Democratic primary?

In a ____________, voters select the candidate they wish to represent the party in the general election

A voting system where the candidate with the most votes wins is called ________.

The Supreme Court ruled that there is an implied right to privacy that is inferred by other constitutional rights

What is ticket splitting?

In Roe v. Wade (1973), the Supreme Court ruled that