The president has the constitutional authority to add or subtract money from an agency

A parliamentary system is different from the U.S. congressional system mainly due to __________

a. commonwealths and the monarchy sharing a federal relationship b. parliamentary government requiring monthly elections c. parliamentary systems requiring a king d. executive and judicial officials being responsible to the legislature in parliament

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. In disproportional electoral systems, the mechanical effect rewards large parties and punishes small ones. 2. The existence of the mechanical effect of electoral systems creates an incentive for voters and elites to behave strategically. 3. No electoral rules allow a perfectly proportional transfer from votes into seats, although some electoral systems are much more proportional than others. 4. The results of empirical tests of Duverger’s theory show that increasing ethnic heterogeneity always leads to more legislative parties, regardless of the permissiveness of the electoral system.