Outline how new technologies have changed the conduct of political campaigns in recent years.
What will be an ideal response?
With contemporary technologies providing unprecedented access to information for most citizens, political parties and individual candidates have been quick to utilize these technologies, such as the Internet, blogs, social media, and the 24-hour news cycle to further their political interests. Today, candidates use all these technologies, as well as campaign websites, to raise money, galvanize supporters, and attract new voters to their cause.
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The driving force behind greater state intervention in the
economy after World War II was: a. businesses hoping to benefit from more state expenditures. b. working-class voters. c. political parties seeking voters. d. the executive branch of government seeking more power.
The Supreme Court rulings in District of Columbia v. Heller and Miller v. the United States show that __________
a. constitutions should be written more carefully b. constitutions are subject to reinterpretation over time c. constitutional interpretations are fairly consistent over time d. constitutional interpretations are consistent with broad public sentiment