What are the main characteristics that help to distinguish types of non-democratic regimes?
What will be an ideal response?
• Size of the selectorate;
• Criteria for admission to the selectorate;
• Rules for selection of leaders; and
• Rules governing the use of power–that is, whether the relationship between the selectorate and the leader(s) is based on formal rules and procedures, including lines of succession, party rules, and military chain of command, or whether this relationship is based on informal personal connections or networks including friends and family members.
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Which of the following groups constitutes the largest segment of the U.S. population?
a. Asian b. non-Hispanic white c. Hispanic d. African American
Where a party's voters are scarce, the boundaries of a district can be drawn to include as many of the party's voters as possible. This is a characteristic of _____.
A. pigeonholing B. gerrymandering C. filibustering D. logrolling E. lobbying