What Supreme Court decision determined that no limits could be placed on the amount of his or her own money a candidate spends in an election?

In a winner-take-all electoral system, the winning candidate

A.) does not necessarily need to win a majority of the popular vote B.) must win at least 50 percent of the votes cast C.) always needs to win the majority of the popular vote

The term iron triangle refers to the ______.

a. phenomenon of members of interest groups, congressional committees, and bureaucratic agencies cooperating for mutual benefit b. practice of business, labor, and consumer groups maintaining a united front against burdensome bureaucratic regulations c. alliances made by different parts of the bureaucracy to prevent a presidential reorganization d. control that presidents, members of Congress, and judges have over the bureaucracy e. long-standing relationships among senators, representatives, and their constituents