Exam 21: State and Local Politics

A) only large cities exhibit the sharing of power by many individuals.
B) there is no elite present in any American city.
C) Atlanta should secede from Georgia.
D) the power of an elite group of policy makers was almost always important in determining policy
E) None of the above

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A) In the South and Midwest
B) In the South and West
C) In the West
D) In the West and Northeast
E) In the South

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A) PACs.
B) campaign advertisements.
C) unionized workers.
D) internal problems.
E) states.

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A) 22
B) 13
C) 5
D) 9
E) All 50

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A) focusing on social stratification.
B) asking people to identify influential individuals.
C) studying how decisions are actually made.
D) examining the social characteristics of influential people.
E) assuming that a small group of elites control most community decisions.

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A) They generally push for more radical agendas and reforms than state or federal officials, secure in their community's support.
B) If they are serving a first term, they generally view their election as a mandate for a change in the status quo.
C) They usually try to avoid confrontation or altering the status quo in ways that would divide their communities.
D) They are usually the ones who initiate redistributive policies in order to shift resources to poorer constituents (something state or federal elected officials are reluctant to do) .
E) They are usually reluctant to tell constituents to take their arguments in support of redistributive policies to a higher level of government, as this will diminish their own power within the community.

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A) State and local government spending has grown, while federal spending has decreased except for federal spending in 2009 and 2010.
B) Federal spending has increased, while state and local government spending has decreased.
C) Both federal spending and state and local spending have increased, especially since September 11, 2001.
D) Both federal spending and state and local spending have decreased, as Republican tax policies have decreased the federal budget, impacting the state and local budgets.
E) Both federal spending and state and local spending have held steady in recent years; there have been no significant increases or decreases.

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A) Promising
B) Nonexistent (most have been discontinued)
C) Inadequate
D) A bright spot of success in an otherwise dismal economic picture
E) Hugely successful in some states, but dismal in others

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A) Lobbying at state capitols and city halls
B) Educating and organizing voters
C) Supporting political friends
D) Running members for public office under the group's label
E) Trying to build up membership of the organization

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A) 43%
B) 7%
C) 50%
D) 97%
E) 65%

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A) elitism.
B) communism.
C) differentialism.
D) diversity.
E) pluralism.

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A) lobbyist policies.
B) federal policies.
C) redistributive policies.
D) monetary policies.
E) communist policies.

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A) The local level
B) The state level
C) The federal level
D) About equally at the local and federal level
E) About equally at all levels of government

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A) Education
B) Hospitals
C) Law enforcement
D) Corrections
E) Homeland security

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