In the 2012 presidential election,
a. President Obama won a narrow reelection only after the Supreme Court awarded him Florida’s disputed electoral votes.
b. President Obama won a smashing reelection as his campaign spending enabled him to develop a message that attracted broad political majorities.
c. President Obama maintained the status quo after spending nearly US$6 billion and months of saturation campaigning.
d. because third-party candidates siphoned off a large number of votes, it was the first presidential election since 1824 to be decided in the House of Representatives.
c. President Obama maintained the status quo after spending nearly US$6 billion and months of saturation campaigning.
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Professor Emmette S. Redford identifies three levels of policies based on the scope of participation normally characteristic of each and, to a lesser extent, the kind of issue involved. What are these three levels?
a. micropolitics, subsystem policies, and macropolitics b. subsystem policies, suprasystem policies, and open system policies c. individualistic, moralistic, and traditionalistic d. micropolitics, mesopolitics, and macropolitics
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The dictator’s dilemma is when an authoritarian ruler’s repression creates fear, which then breeds uncertainty about how much support the ruler has. 2. All supreme rulers have followers who constantly glorify the ruler and attempt to turn his every utterance into not only government fiat but also divine wisdom. 3. Iran is a prime example of a regime with a leader who has a personality cult. 4. Today, most authoritarian regimes allow no legislature or opposition parties to exist. 5. Because participation is free and open, civil society in authoritarian regimes is extremely active.