In 1971, Congress passed the ____, which created a federal bureaucratic structure to monitor and set limits on campaign contributions by individuals as well as provide public financing for presidential campaigns.

Which of the following helps to explain why voter turnout is lower in the United States than in other democracies?

a. The United States hold fewer elections. b. The United States elects fewer officeholders. c. The United States hold elections midweek. d. The United States has a partisan election system.

Most parties to a federal case start out in one of the 94 __________

A) ?state supreme courts B) ?circuit courts of appeals C) ?federal district courts D) ?municipal courts E) ?bankruptcy courts