What is a key effect of Electoral College votes being counted on a winner-take-all basis in all but two states?
a. Candidates have to raise considerable amounts of money during the general election campaign.
b. The electoral vote margin exaggerates the popular vote margin, which then legitimizes the winner’s victory.
c. Despite being different votes, electoral- and popular-vote margins tend to mirror each other closely.
d. Electoral votes are won almost too easily by third-party candidates.
e. Candidates are forced to visit all or nearly all states in order to sew up the election.
b. The electoral vote margin exaggerates the popular vote margin, which then legitimizes the winner’s victory.
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a. irrelevant b. persuasive authority c. secondary d. supreme e. insignificant
What was the original rationalization for denying citizenship to Native Americans?
a. They were not of the white race. b. They were regarded as citizens of other nations. c. ?They did not pay taxes. d. ?They were unwilling to move off their land.