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In the 1948 election, Henry Wallace won 2.4% of the national popular vote, but he won no electoral votes. How is that possible?

The number of electoral votes each state is assigned is equivalent to the number of members each state has…

Saddam Hussein and his ruling party exercised control over and gained the obedience of the Kurdish people by means of terror and force. It could therefore be argued that Saddam’s government suffered from…

The purpose of a complex, federal system with checks and balances, according to Madison in Federalist #51, is to…

Ronald Reagan, with his easy-going manner and desire to please and be loved, could be said to have had which personality type?

As it was originally understood, the Bill of Rights restricted…

Once people have formed a body politic out of the state of nature, they must choose to establish a regime. To this regime, they will…

According to Aristotle’s basic political theory, all of the following are essentially good types of regimes, except… 

Legitimate revolt, according to Locke, may occur when the government…

The basic and essential goal of all good human governments is to serve the…