__________ is the extent to which a person believes their “voice” is heard in government.

___________ is the act of “standing for” an individual or group in political decision making

Calculate the pH of a solution formed by mixing 500.0 mL of 0.15 M NH4Cl with 200.0 mL of 0.20 M NH3. The Kb for NH3 is 1.8 × 10-5.

According to the communications theory of lobbying, lobbyists provide which of the following types of information to legislators?

__________ refers to the publics general disposition toward government over time and circumstance?

__________ control election laws in the United States

Which of the following is a component of the Ranney Index of political competition?

___________ of lobbying target citizens rather than government officials in order to persuade officials to perform some action?

An increasingly popular method of selection, the  _________ combines initial appointment by the governor with subsequent retention elections in order to strike a balance between accountability and independence of the judiciary

Which of the following is NOT a critique of interest groups leveled by state regulators?