Public policy is________________?

A. What the government does
B. What the government fails to do
C. A plan of action
D. All of the above

According to Robert Salisbury the crucial factor in turning awareness of an issue into an organized movement is_______________?

A. Money
B. Mass media
C. Leadership
D. All of the above

Shortcomings of interest groups include______________?

A. Injecting partisan ideologies into political parties
B. Creating splinter parties
C. The dissemination of biased information
D. Stifling minority voices

The leaders of interest groups tend to be_________________?

A. In accord with the agenda of the rank and file
B. More liberal than the rank and file
C. More conservative than the rank and file
D. Unaware of the concerns of the rank and file

Third parties arise when_____________?

A. A charismatic leader is available
B. A large portion of the electorate is dissatisfied with the other candidates
C. The nation experiences severs economic recession or depression
D. New political ideologies emerge

C.Wright Mills wrote that the “power elite” controls_________________?

A. All political and social issues
B. The major issues like war and peace
C. The election of all national officials
D. Access to supreme court appointments

“Soft “money is_________________?

A. Money promised for campaigns
B. Money used to purchase air time
C. Money given after the election
D. None of the above

A symbiotic relationship exists between__________________?

A. The press and politicians
B. The president and congress
C. The two political parties
D. All of the above

The current transitional period in which there is uncertainty as to what will happen to political parties is termed ?

A. Dealignment
B. Realignment
C. Alignment
D. Retrenchment

If we add the numerical values of all our cases together and divide by the number of cases we get the_______________?

A. Median
B. Mode
C. Moot
D. Mean