The United States has a lower level of union membership than most advanced industrial nations. A political scientist who points to the importance of individualism in American culture to explain this fact is engaging in which type of explanation?

Primary elections are

A) government elections. B) interest group elections. C) social movement elections. D) party elections. E) held after the general election.

The underlying concept of the principle of separation of powers is

A) all three branches of government are equally powerful. B) when legislative, judicial, and executive power are not exercised by the same institution, power cannot be so easily abused. C) the people are responsible to elect the representatives in all three branches of government, including the judicial branch. D) one branch has a veto power over the other branches. E) the people's power to elect representatives is separate and different from that of the branches of the government.