What are the philosophies, generally speaking, of the Democratic and Republican Parties today?
What will be an ideal response?
According to the text, the Democratic Party holds that government policy should actively promote the welfare of the middle class and poor, largely through extending the enlarged role of the state that defined the New Deal. Today’s Republicans, in contrast, want to greatly reduce the role of government in the market and let individual initiative and the workings of unfettered capitalism settle questions of resource allocation while giving the state a stronger role legislating conformance with “traditional family values.” The result is a country that has consensus on the fundamentals of government structure but with parties that are sharply divided over the role of government in the economy and our lives.
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How did the parties solve the problem of free riding in elections?
a. They made participation exciting and fun. b. They instituted mandatory voting. c. They replaced the secret ballot with public ballots. d. They made Election Day a national holiday so no one had to work.
The principle of judicial review allows the Supreme Court to
A. hear appeals of cases originally decided in lower courts. B. bypass Congress and create national laws directly. C. decide legal cases involving disputes between state governments. D. decide legal cases involving disputes between a state and a foreign government. E. assess the constitutionality of congressional acts.