PLS 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 53: Party System, Yellow Journalism
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Party labels: offer a serviceable shorthand cue that keeps voting decisions cheap and simple for the voters. Which of the following is true about the two - party system in the united states: it has continues with a few exceptions since shortly after the nation"s founding. Which of the following is true about the way the party coalitions have sifted periodically in response to new national issues and conflicts: the basic pattern of two, usually fractious, coalitions has persisted. Lobbying is defined as: appeals from citizens and groups to legislation for favorable policies and decisions. There is a common assumption about pluralist politics that government programs emerge in response to interest group demands: although in reality interests and interest groups arise in defense of government programs. The credibility of political information provided by lobbyists to political officials is enhanced when: a group mobilizes its consistency as part of the lobbying effort.
