The People's Democratic Party presidential candidates lost all four elections in 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011

Which of the following is the main difference between political parties and interest groups?

a. Political parties are larger. b. Political parties have a broader policy focus. c. Interest groups are not as interested in affecting public policy as are parties. d. Political parties actually attempt to win control of the machinery of government, while interest groups do not. e. Interest groups are much smaller than political parties.

Which of the following plays the dominant, if not exclusive, role in the decision making of state supreme court justices?

a. Case facts and existing legal decisions b. The ideology of the justices and the state's population c. A justice's party affiliation and gender d. The religion of the justice and the defendant