The Republicans captured the Senate for the first time in forty years in the midterm elections

Sara is working hard reviewing the literature for a research study. Finally, after several days of reviewing literature, Sara stumbles across a good research idea. This would be an example of Sara using a(n) to find a research idea

a. theory b. everyday experiences c. prior research study d. functional problem

A semi-presidential system

a. exists when the president's political party is different from the political party that controls the legislative branch. b. is a group of political parties that agree to share cabinet seats and other important positions in government ministries and work together to pass legislation in a parliament. c. increasingly concentrates power in the hands of the president, and leads the legislature to become little more than a rubber stamp. d. combines basic characteristics of both parliamentary and presidential systems. e. has a legislature with two houses.