Author Question: Which of the following helped account for President Obama's reelection over Republican Mitt Romney ... (Read 85 times)

Lobcity · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Which of the following helped account for President Obama's reelection over Republican Mitt Romney in 2012?

a. The Supreme Court upholding government limits on political expenditures by corporations, unions, and advocacy groups in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission (2012).
b. The multiracial coalition that supported Obama and the Democrats, particularly Latinos, had grown demographically in electoral importance by 2012.
c. Mitt Romney ran as a moderate Republican, blurring the political differences between Obama and himself, making the contest a personality-driven contest.
d. Political and economic equality ceased to be a central theme of the 2012 election.
e. None of these choices are correct.

Question 2

Which of these is NOT among the challenges facing America and Americans in the twenty-first century?

a. The increasingly unequal distribution of wealth
b. Women increasingly surpassing men in the workforce
c. Diminishing oil supplies and the need for alternative energy sources
d. Enhancing national security without eroding civil liberties
e. Protecting the nation's borders without preventing desirable immigrants from coming to the U.S.