Discuss the growth of the Hispanic voting bloc and its effect in recent elections and discuss what effects this trend may have on future elections.

A party might be reluctant to use proportional representation primaries because they __________

a. are more difficult to schedule b. eliminate intraparty competition between candidates c. can lengthen the nomination process d. are more likely to lose the primary to the other party's candidate

1 The Burger court can best be characterized as:

a. very conservative and unified b. pragmatism marked by compromise c. liberal on most matters d. unified with no distinct ideological flavor