Discuss the party organization of major parties and identify where most power lies.
What will be an ideal response?
Party organization refers to the formal party apparatus, including committees, headquarters, conventions, party leaders, staff, and volunteers. These structures are most visible at the local level, and it is there that most power lies, due to the relative size and reach of local structures and staffs.
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Which of the following is a power delegated to the states?
a. conduct elections b. create post offices c. coin money d. regulate interstate commerce
Pe?a Nieto's candidacy during the 2012 Mexican presidential election reflected a. the influence of the U.S. government in Mexican elections
b. a return to the old pattern of Mexican presidents selecting their successors. c. the prominence state governors had gained in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during the years the party had been out of power at the national level. d. the prominence Mexico's lower legislatures had gained in recent years within Mexican politics. e. the continuing power of the Mexican military in national politics.