According to Duverger's Law, a country with single-member plurality districts tends to have a two-party system because
A. third parties tend to be banned by statute.
B. having more than two parties is too confusing for voters.
C. voters prefer to think in pairs like ins/outs or incumbents/challengers.
D. third and fourth parties tend to receive no representation for the votes they receive.
D
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Which of the following is true?
a. Candidates for the presidency are not allowed to actively campaign until one week prior to the first primary. b. All presidential primaries are held on the same day. c. The president is chosen by the electoral college rather than by a direct vote of the people. d. Candidates for the presidency must receive a majority of electoral votes to win.
The authors suggest that the most influential vice president has been
A) Walter Mondale. B) Al Gore. C) Richard Nixon. D) Dick Cheney. E) Joseph Biden.