Which statement describes the relationship among elected officials, their constituents, and political parties?
a. PACs and constituents, when compared to party leaders, hold little sway over elected officials' policies.
b. Elected officials hold themselves more accountable to PACs and constituents than to political parties.
c. Elected officials generally keep promises made to party leaders and ignore those made to constituents, ensuring their "frontrunner" status in upcoming primaries.
d. Political parties maintain strict control over elected officials due to direct campaign contributions, regardless of the interests of constituents.
b
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a. property rights b. personal freedoms c. recognitions of equality— d. religious freedoms
Political scientist Sidney Verba uses the term ______ to describe “the system of empirical beliefs, expressive symbols, and values, which defines the situation in which political action takes place.”
A. political culture B. political capital C. class consciousness D. form