If a president excluded critics from the next press conference in order to give favorable coverage to a highly controversial law supported by the current administration, the president would be engaging in __________.

In the United States a candidate for a congressional seat wins a plurality of the votes but not a majority; however, the candidate still wins the seat. This process is referred to as

a. proportional representation. b. winner-take-all. c. district voting. d. clean sweep theory. e. constitutional apportionment.

According to Westphalian sovereignty, within a state’s borders, there is no higher authority than the ______ of the state itself.

a. government b. constitution c. religion d. will of people