Discuss how economics affects the way people vote and how this affects elected officials.
What will be an ideal response?
?When the economy is doing poorly, incumbent presidents, like Jimmy Carter, have a hard time winning reelection.Often people vote in a "sociotropic" way, based on the nation's economy rather than on their personal finances.As a result, elected officials tend to take a short-term view of the economy and try to get results that benefit self-interested voters.
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By 2009, the Texas Constitution had been amended
A) 467 times. B) 254 times. C) 128 times. D) 27 times. E) 17 times.
The evolution of hybrid regimes demonstrates which of these points?
a. Many nations deeply intertwine military and civil society. b. Authoritarian regimes recognize the ideological pull of democracy. c. International institutions have developed into a form of existential threat to authoritarian regimes. d. Dictatorships are most stable when leaders combine religious and secular motivations to obey.