After the colonial experience with royal governors, the evolution of the governorship can be characterized as a struggle to provide the state executive with necessary powers to meet the demands of the office

President Hoover's laissez-faire approach to the economy during the Great Depression left many poor voters disenfranchised by the Republican Party. They left to join the _______________ Party.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

The election of 2000 appeared to change U.S. political culture for which of the following reasons?

A. Voters began expressing greater trust in the electoral process for the first time since the Watergate scandal. B. The intense primary fight that preceded the election weakened interest in partisanship. C. Since then, states have been labeled as "red states" or "blue states," depending on the leanings of their voters. D. It was the first time Twitter had been actively used in a campaign. E. For the first time in U.S. history, the electoral college vote was not supported by the popular vote.