What kind of demographic voting blocs would you expect to emerge in elections about delayed eligibility for Social Security retirement benefits and in elections to increase taxes to fund cost-of-living increases for Social Security recipients? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Identify senior citizens as the relevant voting bloc for this issue.
2. Explain why senior citizens would have strong feelings about this particular issue compared to other demographic-related voting blocs, such as college students.
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The effect of the McGovern–Fraser Commission was
a. to enable party leaders to pick a candidate who would help the whole party on Election Day. b. to create a system of campaign financing that enabled candidates outside of the mainstream to have enough resources to compete. c. it changed the system so the party base has more influence than insiders. d. it changed how the Republican Party chose delegates to the national convention in order to reduce the influence of social conservatives.
Which of the following criteria requires that the regional and national governments must have independent bases of authority. This is typically ensured by having them elected independently of one another?
A. bicameralism B. geopolitical division C. independence D. direct governance