Once a general presidential election campaign is under way, what are the two primary goals of each side?

What will be an ideal response?

To convince supporters to turn out and to get undecided voters to choose its candidate.

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The primary motivation of the framers, according to Charles Beard, was to ________

a. protect their property rights through creation of a strong national government b. provide opportunities for political advancement for the framers c. strengthen states' rights in order to allow more effective resolution of property disputes d. create an egalitarian system of property distribution e. allow the new federal courts to adjudicate all economic disputes

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That the Soviet Union did not invade Eastern Europe during the revolutions of 1989 illustrates what about the role of individuals in international affairs?

a. Single individuals do matter. Mikhail Gorbachev could have ended the revolutions by ordering the Soviet military into action. b. Large groups of individuals matter. The revolutions occurred because hundreds of thousands of people turned out into the streets to protest communist governments. c. It is difficult to predict what the actions of individuals will be in international affairs. d. all of the above

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